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181. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27
Title:
Printed copy of letter no.19 of 1859 from G. F. Forbes, Superintendent of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory, to T. Oglivy, Collector of Dharwar
Scope & Content:
The letter is a half-yearly statement of the operations of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory for the period ending 30 November 1858, and includes: tables with the value of work done; a cotton planter’s report; and an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Cotton Experiments at the Dharwar C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1859
Extent:
4 folios

182. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6
Title:
Letter no.122 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the late despatch to Bombay of manumitted slaves from the Gulf. Kemball writes to account for the current delay in sending a number of slaves to Bombay. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter (not included in the volume) was a letter from Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Naval...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 folio

183. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14
Title:
Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Anderson’s earlier letter (folio 11), which enclosed an extract of a despatch from the Court of Directors, enquiring after the fate of a number of slaves found on a bugulah [buggalow, or boat] in the Persian Gulf. Kemball writes to state that the slaves in question were ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio

184. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172
Title:
Letter no.412 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request for instructions from the Resident as to the extent of his (and his Political Agents’) jurisdiction in relation to notarial affairs. Jones writes that Britain has two consular agents in Persia, but that he, as the Resident at Bushire, is distinct from these individuals, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folio

185. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173
Title:
Letter no.5393 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Jones’s query over the extent of his jurisdictive powers at Bushire (folio 172). Anderson refers Jones to a letter sent to one of his predecessors, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, which stated that granting the Resident consular jurisdiction would be inconsistent with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio

186. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 188
Title:
Letter no.459 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, the original of which enclosed for the Governor in Council’s information, a copy of a letter addressed to Jones from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, dated 27 October. The enclosure is not included in the volume.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio

187. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.49 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosure relate to the slave trade on the Arab coast. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter is the translation of a letter (folio 4) from Shaikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], the Joasmee [Qāsimī] ruler, to Kemball, dated 31 December 1854. In his letter Shaikh Sultan states tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1855
Extent:
2 folios

188. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter no.210 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1855
Extent:
2 folios

189. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 74-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 74-77
Title:
Letter no.112 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1855
Extent:
4 folios

190. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 79-83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 79-83
Title:
Letter no.127 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1855
Extent:
5 folios

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