Letter no.327 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter in a covering letter, enclosing copies of correspondence exchanged with Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, and relates to naval resources in the Gulf, in light of the current unrest then prevailing on the Batinah coast. The following enclosures follo...
Letter no.344 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter relates to the disturbances occurring between the maritime tribes of Oman and the Arab coast, and diplomatic exchanges between the Wahhabi leader Abdullah bin Fysul and the region's tribal chiefs. It encloses four reports from the Native Agent at Sharjah Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], da...
Letter no.4847 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter received by Malet from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated 10 June 1853. In his letter Hamerton describes the instructions he gave to Hiskael b...
Letter no.349 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence received by Kemball from Khojeh Hiskale, the Native Agent at Muscat, and dated 6 November 1853. The letters report on the liabilities of the Muscat authorities to the Wahhabi leader Abdullah ben Fysul [Abdullah bin Faisal]. 10,000 crowns h...
Letter no.354 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns the foundering and subsequent plunder of a Muscat cargo vessel on its way to Zanzibar, under what Kemball describes as suspicious circumstances. Kemball reports that there are questions over the involvement of the Joasmee [Qasimi] tribes in the incident, but believes there ma...
Letter no.84 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the exaction of fines from the chiefs of those Persian ports alleged to have imported slaves in the previous year. The following enclosures are included with Kemball's letter: 1. Letter no.78 of 1853 (folios 286-88) from Kemball to Lieutenant-Colonel Just...
Letter no.118 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter relates to an incident in between thirty and forty slaves were imported into Kishm [Qeshm] from Sohar, and sold publicly in the island's market. Enclosed with Kemball's letter is a translation (folio 297) of a "letter of remonstrance" at the incident, sent by Kemball to Sheikh Abdul Ra...
Letter no. 4592 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter no.18 of 1853 (folios 301-02), received by Malet from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated, 19 August 1853. In his letter, Hamerton states that...
Letter no.133 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the imposition of fines upon Persian ports involved in the slave trade. The letter includes a number of enclosures: 1. A letter (folios 306-07) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Cou...
Letter no.164 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns the emancipation of two slaves imported into Bushire, in violation of the Anglo-Persian slave trade treaty. Kemball states that he has sent the slaves onward, on board the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Bombay. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of letter no.85 of 1...
