Letter no. 160 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 case of two slaves recently sold at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Indian subjects, and arrangements for their transfer to the Presidency in Bombay. There are two enclosures to Kemball’s letter: 1. Letter no.142 of 1854 (folio 363) from Captain Arnold Ke...
Letter no.2322 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 an extract of paragraph 4 of despatch no.1 of 1854 (folio 367) from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 1 March 1854. The extract states that the Court of Directors learn with regret of the large numbers of slaves being imported from Zanzibar into t...
Letter no.9A 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 retrieval of slaves from and the payment of fines by the shaikhs of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Kelat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] on the Persian coast. Kemball writes that fines totalling 3,055 keroons [qirans] have been successfully exacted from the ...
Letter no.1251 of 1855 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 previous communication (folios 3-4) regarding the promises of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] to suppress the slave trade in his dominions. Anderson writes of his satisfaction at Shaikh Sultan’s promises, but requests that Kembal...
Letter no.2122 of 1855 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 earlier letter (folio 6) relating to the delay in the despatch of manumitted slaves to Bombay. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings.
Letter no.3177 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 13) relating to the manumission of five slaves. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings.
Letter no.3241 of 1855 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 earlier letter (folios 20-21) with his explanations relating to the Arab slave trade. Anderson writes that His Lordship in Council is highly satisfied with the assurance of cordial relations with the Persian Government over the suppression ...
Letter no.211 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to Kemball’s previous reports of the liberation of slaves purchased by pilgrims at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. In response to Anderson’s previous communication in the matter (IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 358-59) Kemball writes to confirm the punishment of those selling the slave was a fine...
Leter no.212 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Charles Augustus Murray, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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The letter is related to Kemball’s explanation to the Court of Directors of Bombay (folios 20-21), of the impunity enjoyed by the slave traders on the Arab coast, in contrast to the success of measures against the slave trade into Persia. Kemball encloses with his letter (not included in the file...
Letter no.3145 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 25) relating to efforts to trace and punish a Muscat subject guilty of trading a Somali girl. Anderson requests that Kemball instruct the Native Agent at Muscat to report on the progress of the Sultan of Muscat Syud So...
