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301. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 295B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 295B
Title:
Letter no.99 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns British jurisdiction over runaway slaves in the Gulf. Kemball states that slaves absconding from one boat to another on the pearl banks, can legitimately be recovered by the British authorities. However, a slave absconding from a boat to a port does not come under a British of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 folio

302. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 4-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 4-11
Title:
Letter no.57 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the political situation between Bahrain and The Wahhabi tribes of Arabia. Kemball writes that he has received a letter from Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa], chief of Bahrain, who requests the British Government's help in the perceived threat of invasion via Adeed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1853
Extent:
8 folios

303. IOR/R/15/1/143, f 99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, f 99
Title:
Letter no.33 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to previous correspondence from the Government of Bombay, approving of Kemball’s actions in the Gulf relating to unrest in Bahrain. Anderson writes that the Government is apprehensive that its previous instructions suggested unlimited authority in using arms against the Wahhābī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1855
Extent:
1 folio

304. IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 59-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 59-62
Title:
Letter no.4235 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of previous letters from Kemball relating to affairs in Bahrain, and the conduct of the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim]. Anderson writes that it is up to Kemball to determine what action, if any, should be taken against Jāsim. Anderson enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1854
Extent:
4 folios

305. IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 122-128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 122-128
Title:
Letter no.14A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns ongoing exchanges between Kemball and the Wahabee [Wahhābī] ruler Ameer Fysul [Fayṣal ibn Turki], relating to Wahhābī relations with Bahrain, and the Bahrain blockade of the coast between Kutiffe [Al-Qaṭīf] and Demaum [Dammām]. Kemball writes that the Bahrain ruler Shaikh Moh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1854
Extent:
7 folios

306. IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 225-226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 225-226
Title:
Letter no.4233 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the appointment of agents engaged to recover missing indigo from the plundered British vessel Centaur. Anderson's letter encloses a copy of letter no.3833 (folio 226) from George Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India, addressed to Anderson and dated 30 August 1854. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Sep 1854
Extent:
2 folios

307. IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 255-264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 255-264
Title:
Letter no.280 of 1854 from Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in Charge, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an enclosing letter, containing letter A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 1 July 1854. Kemball’s letter is a report on the ruling families and predominant tribes of the Persian Gulf, as reques...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1854
Extent:
10 folios

308. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 33-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 33-37
Title:
Letter no.186 of 1850 from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
In the letter the Secretary sends copies of recent correspondence received from Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf (folios 3, 5-7), and a copy of his letter sent to Hennell (folio 13). The Secretary advises Hamerton to suggest to His Highness the Imam of Muscat—if appropriate—that the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1850
Extent:
5 folios

309. IOR/R/15/1/122, f 45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, f 45
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
James Tronson refers to his earlier letter, no. 17 of 1850 (see the previous item in this file). He states that the fishermen on Seir Abomeid [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr], who belong to Shargah [Sharjah] and Bahrein [Bahrain], informed him that the Sheik [Sheikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan] of Abothabee [Abu D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 folio

310. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 31-32
Title:
Letter No. 14: Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter is stated as being a true copy. James Tronson relays information obtained from the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], Moolah Hussain [Mullah Husain], describing how two Hamereah [Al Ḩamrīyah] buggarahs were attacked and plundered by a number of the Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] people. Tronson also ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1850
Extent:
2 folios

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