Letter no.547 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 and its enclosure relate to the recent seizure and release of the bugla [buggalow, or boat] Sumhere in the Gulf, which Kemball reported previously was caught transporting slaves. The enclosure with Anderson’s letter is an extract of paragraph 11 of despatch no.32 of 1854 from the Court...
Letter no.544 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 and its enclosure relate to the liberation in 1853 of thirty-six slaves by the Shaikh of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Anderson writes that Kemball commend the Shaikh for his actions, on behalf of the Court of Directors. Enclosed with Anderson’s letter is an extract of paragraphs 7 and 8 o...
Letter no.3500 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 and its enclosure relate to naval resources in the Persian Gulf for use in the suppression of the slave trade. Anderson encloses a letter addressed to Lord Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council in Bombay, from Rear Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, Commander in Chief of the...
Letter no.213 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 and its enclosure relate to the discovery and rescue in 1853 of a female Somali slave at Muscat, and Kemball’s subsequent efforts to seek the Governor (Imam) of Muscat to punish the subjects of Soor [Sur], believed to be involved in the purchase of the girl. Enclosed with Kemball’s let...
Duplicate letter no.5078 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing written guidance on how to deal in future with slaves who have absconded from Bushire, taken service in the Indian Navy, and then returned as a crew member to Bushire. The letter has two enclosures. The first is letter no.43 of 1855 (folios 32-36) from ...
Letter no.18 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 and its enclosures relate to the relations between Shaikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah] of Bahrain, and the Wahabee [Wahhābī] chief Ameer Fysul [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd]. In his Kemball letter states that Shaikh Muḥammad has asked that he be allowed to act against Fay...
Letter no.248 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 is an covering letter, enclosing a report from the British Agent at Bahrain. The report (folios 47-48), written by the Bahrain Native Agent Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim] to Kemball, dated 8 April 1855, discusses an expedition by a relative of the chief of Koweit [Kuwait], against members...
Letter no.393 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting 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 hostilities between Bahrain and the Al bin Ali tribe based at Demaum [Dammām], having migrated from the island of Geis or Kenn [Kīsh]. Jones writes that, in light of the maritime hostilities, the only course open to him was to insist that the Al bin Ali tr...
Letter no.464 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting 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 relations between Bahrain, Damaum [Dammām], and the Al bin Ali tribe, based at Dammām, and is a continuation of negotiations discussed by Jones in an earlier letter (folios 51-52). Jones writes that he now considers the Shaikh of Dammām to be the real inst...
Letter no.54 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 and its enclosure relates to the Resident’s response to acts of piracy (including the plunder of indigo from the British vessel Centaur) by the subjects of the chief of Jaalan. Kemball writes that has written a letter to Mahomed bin Ali Beni Boo Ali, chief of Jaalan (copy, dated 5 Febr...
