Letter no.3A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter concerns two slave boys who escaped from Muscat on board the Honourable Company’s steamer Ajdaha earlier in 1854. Kemball, who is writing from the Company’s sloop Clive, which is moored in the Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū] Roads, writes that the two boys have been taken on board the Feroze, whi...
Letter no.4863 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s letter (folio 379) relating to the successful extraction of fines from the shaikhs of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Kelat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Anderson writes that the Governor in Council approves of the tone and proceedings of Kemba...
Letter no.3400 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 5) relating to acts of piracy committed by Humeed bin Mujdell. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings in the matter to date. Anderson also encloses an extract of paragraph forty-one of a despatch f...
Letter no.3598 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing letter no.629 of 1854 (folio 14) from the Right Honourable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, dated 5 August 1854. In his letter Lord Elphinstone states that, because of the great demand for the services of the four steam ships availabl...
Letter no.3707 of 1854, from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, forwarding to Kemball a copy of letter no.3706 of 1854 (folio 16) from Anderson to Rear Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, dated 17 August 1854. Anderson’s letter is a confirmation of receipt of Leeke's previous correspondence regardin...
Letter no.133 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the resumption of maritime hostility in the waters around the islands of Bahrain, principally arriving from the rivalry between Shaikh Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah] and his relative Shaikh Mohamed ben Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh], based...
Letter no.248 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures constitute a continuation of Kemball’s earlier report (folios 17-32) on the renewal of hostilities between the people of Dammām and Bahrain. Kemball writes to report that the hostilities have ceased, with vessels from both places returning to the pearl banks. Howeve...
Letter no.257 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures concerns the failure of British efforts to secure reparations from Humeed bin Mujdell, who captured and sold into slavery a number of inhabitants of Bahrain. Kemball recommends that, because Humeed had moved from Gunna [Gurmah Island] to Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], no furth...
Letter no.262 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures concerns the renewal of hostilities between the inhabitants of Bahrain and Demaum [Dammām], under the Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah and Shaikh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh respectively. Kemball writes that an attack by Shaikh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh’s subjects at Dammām, wi...
Letter no.1A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter (folios 63-70) and its various enclosures relate to the conflict in the waters around Bahrain between the Bahrain ruler Shaeikh Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah] and his subjects on one hand, and Shaikh Mohamed ben Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh] and his forces at Demaum ...
