Letter no.562 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the discovery and rescue of a Somali girl at Muscat who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, and requesting that the Government of Muscat be urged to identify is subjects at Soor [Sur] who were involved in the transaction.
Letter no.545 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 9 from despatch no.22 of 1854 (folio 344) from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 22 November 1854. The extract refers to the case of slaves imported into the Persian coast by the vessel Mahmoodee. The extract states the imp...
Letter no.103 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the disappearance from the Honourable Company’s steam frigate Acbar of a coal trimmer and runaway slave, to his former home in Bushire. Kemball writes that the case raises questions over the status of slaves who abscond from the place where they were ensla...
Letter no.4231 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of Kemball’s earlier letter (folios 353-54) relating to the purchase of slaves at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] by pilgrims from Lucknow, India. Anderson writes that his letter has been forwarded to the Resident at Lucknow and the Government of India. Enclosed with And...
Letter no.548 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, related to the purchase of slaves at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] by pilgrims from Lucknow. Enclosed with Anderson’s letter is an extract from paragraph 12 of despatch no.32 of 1854 (folio 359), dated 22 November 1854. The extract states that we [the Honourable Court ...
Letter no. 160 of 1854 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 relate to the case of two slaves recently sold at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Indian subjects, and arrangements for their transfer to the Presidency in Bombay. There are two enclosures to Kemball’s letter: 1. Letter no.142 of 1854 (folio 363) from Captain Arnold Ke...
Letter no.2322 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 4 of despatch no.1 of 1854 (folio 367) from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 1 March 1854. The extract states that the Court of Directors learn with regret of the large numbers of slaves being imported from Zanzibar into t...
Letter no.9A of 1854 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 relate to the retrieval of slaves from and the payment of fines by the shaikhs of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Kelat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] on the Persian coast. Kemball writes that fines totalling 3,055 keroons [qirans] have been successfully exacted from the ...
Letter no.1251 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s previous communication (folios 3-4) regarding the promises of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] to suppress the slave trade in his dominions. Anderson writes of his satisfaction at Shaikh Sultan’s promises, but requests that Kembal...
Letter no.2122 of 1855 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 receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 6) relating to the delay in the despatch of manumitted slaves to Bombay. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings.
