Letter no.210 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 a response to questions raised by the Court of Directors in a court extract (IOR/R/15/1/143, f 325) over efforts to suppress the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Kemball regrets that he did not explain in more detail why the slave trade on the Oman coast has been continued with impu...
Letter no.112 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 an act of piracy committed against a Bahraini vessel in the coastal waters between Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Ras Reccan [Ra’s Rakan], as reported by the Native Agent at Sharjah, Hajjī Yaqoob. Kemball writes that subsequent efforts to find the perpetrators have thus far pro...
Letter no.127 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 the movement of the Soodan tribe from Biddah [near Doha] on the Guttur [Qatar] coast to Khan [Al Khān] near Sharjah, tribal infringements in the interior of the Arabian coast, and the intentions of the Shaikh of Bahrain to relocate Zaid bin Khuleefah [Zayid bin Khalīfah] fr...
Letter no.2A 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 a report of Kemball’s annual tour around the Arab coast of the Gulf, visiting key ports and meeting with their rulers. The subjects Kemball discusses include: relations between the Wahabee [Wahhābī] and the Joasmee [Qāsimī] tribes; intrigues of the Wahhābī lieutenant Syed Ahmed el ...
Letter no.269 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 are related to an incident of piracy committed against a Bahrain boat by subjects of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], first reported by Kemball in December 1854. The enclosed items (a report of the incident by the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim] is menti...
Letter no.278 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 former ruler of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Shaikh Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa’id bin Tahnun], who has moved from Kenn [Kīsh] and sought asylum with Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] at Ra’s al-Khaymah. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter is the translation o...
Letter no.447 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 are related to an incident in which a buggalow [boat] sailing under British colours became stranded on the coast off Sharjah, and was subsequently plundered of its cargo of rice and coffee by inhabitants of that place. The enclosures to Jones’s letter include report...
Letter no.470 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 enclosure relate to an earlier act of piracy committed by subjects of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] against a boat from Bahrain. Jones writes that the sum of 3,450 Kronees has been paid by the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, to Commodore Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron. Enclos...
Letter no.471 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 enclosure relate to two further reports of acts of piracy committed at Sharjah. Jones encloses the translated purport of a letter (folios 162v-63) he has addressed to Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr], dated 30 December 1855. This letter is a further warning to the Sha...
Circular no.3391 of 1855, from W. Hart, Secretary to Government, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The printed circular includes a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India, dated 21 September 1855, with a request that annual reports are submitted punctually each year at the end of May, direct to Government. The letter continues with instructions as to how reports should b...
