Letter no.75 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on his visit to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa] ruler of Bahrain, in which the two men discuss the threat posted by the Wahhabi chief Ameer Fysul [Faisal bin Turki] and others (from Qatar, Oman) to Bahrain, and the risk of invasion. The question of British prote...
Letter no.205 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on the visit to Bushire of Sheikh Mubarek ben Khuleefa [Mubarak bin Khalifa], uncle of Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain. Kemball describes his meeting with Mubarak, and the conservation they had regarding Sheikh Muhammed's response to Kemball's offer to mediate betwee...
Letter B from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at sea, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Hennell reports on his arrival at Sharjah, and his meeting with Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] of Sharjah and the British Acting Agent Hajee Yacoob. The letter discusses recent acts of piracy, and monies recovered and compensation handed out by the British Government. Sheikh Sultan de...
Letter D from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at Muscat to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Hennell reports on his arrival at Muscat, and his meeting with Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Sa'id bin Tahnun] ruler of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. Hennell and Sheikh Sa'id discuss mediations between Bahrain and the Wahhabi tribe, the Maritime Truce, and relations between Abu Dhabi and Kishm [Qeshm]. Hen...
Letter no.325 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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In relation to the reparations to be made to the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, Kemball encloses a copy of a letter (ff 156-58), sent by Lieutenant Adams, commanding officer of the Company's ship Queen, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, da...
Letter no.18 of 1852, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter enclosing a copy of a despatch (f 221) from Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, dated 19 December 1851, itself a covering letter enclosing the translation (ff 220-25) of a convention concluded with the Persian...
Letter no.402 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball acknowledges receipt of 50 copies of the Government Gazetter (22 July) containing the notification for commanders, masters, and nakhodas of native vessels trading between the westen coast of India and the Persian Gulf (as described in f 232-37), with its native translations. Kemball discu...
Letter no.497 of 1852, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Covering letter enclosing a copy of letter no.29 of 1851 (ff 300-01) sent to Malet by Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated 24 December 1851. In his letter, Atkins reports on the settlement of fina...
Letter no.63 of 1852 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter, enclosing letter no.27 of 1851 (ff 305-06), from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Hennell, dated 18 December 1851. In his letter, Hamerton details the claims paid out to two Brit...
Letter no.91 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Letter enclosing an account of sale (f 309) of articles received by Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Kemball, Assistant to the Resident, as presents from the Imam of Muscat and the Governor of Kishm [Qeshm]. The list of gifts received include shawls and a gold sword from t...
