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451. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91
Title:
Letter No. 43 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident at Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that he is to confine his interactions with the authorities in Persia to matters of a routine nature; in the event of any emergencies it notes he should be guided by the instructions of HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia. It further notes that in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1854
Extent:

1 folio

452. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad to Commander James Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is urging that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, should be dissuaded from recruiting mercenary Arabs from Bussorah [Basra], as it will hamper British efforts to preserve friendly relations between the Persian Government and Turkish Authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

453. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232
Title:
Letter No. 451 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at the Bushire Roads
Scope & Content:
The letter is enquiring as to whether a native boat may be hired to convey a packet to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], so that it may be conveyed from there to Bombay. It explains that Charles Augustus Murray, the late British Envoy to Persia, had suggested that all disposable British vessels should be ret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

454. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter No. 78 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication (No. 44 of 1852) from Stephen Lushington, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to Lucius Bentinck Cary, Viscount Falkland, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, dated 22 January 1852. The enclosure concerns instructions to be issued for the guidance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1852
Extent:
2 folios

455. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62
Title:
Letter No. 178 of 1853 Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomas, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a report on the state of Persian fortifications at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]; the investigation was undertaken as a result of a suggestion from James Howard Harris, Lord Malmesbury and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Note that Karrack is also spelt Kharg in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1853
Extent:

3 folios

456. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117
Title:
Letter No. 62 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is instructing the Resident that in the event that Persia declares war on Turkey, the steamer Akbar — currently at Bushire — should be ordered to immediately return to Bombay. It further conveys the approval of the Bombay Government over the Resident's decision to send the steamer Auck...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1854
Extent:

2 folios

457. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 145-149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 145-149
Title:
Letter No. 1 & D of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a protest made by Shaikh Mahomed bin Khuleefeh [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], against the 'evasive policy of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabi Chief' towards his exiled kinsmen at Demaun [Ad-Dammān]; the Chief of Bahrein desires for his k...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1855
Extent:

5 folios

458. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 224-231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 224-231
Title:
Letter No. 12 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the British Envoy to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, has broken off diplomatic relations with the Persian Government, and left Tehran for Monsul [Al-Mawṣil]. It notes that Consul R W Stevens has been made responsible for communications with the Government of Persia,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1855
Extent:

8 folios

459. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 35
Title:
Letter from Justin Sheil, British Envoy to Tehran, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Kemball's previous letter (folio 35), in which Sheil states that Malcolm mistakes the degree of protection the British authorities can offer him in Persia, continuing that he 'declines to interfere in the arrangement of private commercial transactions.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Set 1852
Extent:
1 folio

460. IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 46-47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 46-47
Title:
Letter from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to The Officer, Commanding Marine Battalion, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Reporting of the death of Private Jannac Balmac of the Marine Battalion. A bill of exchange for the deceased man's possessions is enclosed with the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1852
Extent:
2 folios

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