Letter no.1 of 1851 from Lt James Tronson, Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Tronson reports of his arrival at the island of Inderabia [Jazīreh-ye Hendorābī] and his meeting with Sheikh Abdool Ruzzack ['Abd al-Razzāq], to which he gave two letters from the Resident (see f 33 for one of the two letters). He also describes a shipwrecked bugla [boat] on the island. Tronson w...
Letter (No. 362 Cons No. 74 of 1852) from Captain Arthur Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is informing the Bombay Government that Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe arrived at Bushire on 18 October 1852 aboard the steam frigate Queen, and has taken up his appointment as Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Letter no.5760 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Malet writes to ask Kemball to call upon Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], to enquire how he has disposed of the 500 crowns already received for indemnity payments, and to whom the remaining one hundred crowns should be paid out to.
Letter no.331 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy of a letter with its enclosures sent to Lieutenant Tronson of the Company Brigantine Tigris, relating to acts of aggression between pearling vessels owned by the Sheikhs of Dubai and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. Kemball writes that, with the Government's permission, he will wa...
Letter no.39 of 1852 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Hennell draws Malet's attention to the fact that the slave trade suppression treaty, entered into by the British Government and the late Sheikh Syf ben Humood of Sohar [Suhar] in 1849, is not included in the British Parliament's Slave Trade Act of that year.
Letter no.3964 of 1852, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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In response to Kemball's earlier letter (f 279), Malet confirms the arrival of the two female slaves at Bombay upon the steam frigate Queen. Malet also writes that Kemball's bill of expenses has been passed to the civil auditor.
Letter C from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Hennell reports on his visit to Muscat where he met His Highness the Imam of Muscat, accompanied by Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, and Captain Arnold Kemball, who is due to take over Hennell's dut...
Letter no.26 of 1852 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Copy of a covering letter, enclosing for the attention of the Governor in Council, instructions sent to Commodore Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron for the collection of 900 Crowns security from Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa] ruler of Bahrain, on behalf of the chiefs of Gutt...
Letter no.75 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on his visit to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa] ruler of Bahrain, in which the two men discuss the threat posted by the Wahhabi chief Ameer Fysul [Faisal bin Turki] and others (from Qatar, Oman) to Bahrain, and the risk of invasion. The question of British prote...
Letter no.205 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on the visit to Bushire of Sheikh Mubarek ben Khuleefa [Mubarak bin Khalifa], uncle of Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain. Kemball describes his meeting with Mubarak, and the conservation they had regarding Sheikh Muhammed's response to Kemball's offer to mediate betwee...
