Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is reporting that the envoy — Ali ben Ibraheem — deputed by Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], to Egypt has returned. It notes that Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt [Wali of Egypt and Sudan], has declined his offer to assume a pro...
Letter No. 6 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is reporting that Ali ben Ibraheem ul Muraykhee has embarked on another trip to Egypt in order to present horses from Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefah [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], to Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt [Wali of Egypt and Sudan]. It also notes...
Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a report of the retrieval in Muscat of a girl who had been sold into slavery. The recovery of the girl was made possible through the work of the Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] Ahmed bin Mallah Hussein. On being informed of the girl's arrival in Muscat by Hamerton, the Imam of Mus...
Letter no.3 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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Letter relating to a claim for money made against the deceased British agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein, for 825 dollars. The original letter enclosed three pieces of correspondence from the Agent (not included in the file), addressed to the claimant, Hajee Abdool Russool. Hennell writes that t...
Letter no.101 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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Letter relating to the Minister in Tehran's request for clarification on the status of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], in relation to Persia and Muscat. Kemball writes that Bandar Abbas 'and the adjoining district' are held as a dependency of the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id. However...
Letter no.231 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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Kemball writes that it has come to his attention that British Banians (Banyans, or merchants) operating on the Arab coast, are being charged taxes at a considerably higher rate in comparison to merchants of other denominations, including Hindus. Kemball requests accurate information from Hamerton...
Letter no.348 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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Copy of a covering letter, the original of which was enclosed (not included in the file) with a petition received by Kemball from five Hindu merchants of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], relating to claims made upon the late Shaikh Syf ben Nubhan.
Letter no.142 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident of the Persian Gulf, to Mr Ameer Khan Johannes, Isfahan
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Kemball informs the recipient that he holds a sum of money (7,763.75 Mahomed Shah Rupees) given by the recipient's wards, deposited with him by the outgoing Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell), pending the Power of Attorney's court decision.
Letter no.19 of 1852 from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Covering letter, enclosed with the copy of a convention (not included in the file) concluded with the Persian Government, for the seizure and detention by British cruisers of Persian vessels engaged in the slave trade in the Persian Gulf.
Letter no.254 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
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Report that a boat from Rusel Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] has boarded the wreck of a British merchant ship (the Centaur) and taken her cargo, including a quantity of indigo. Kemball asks that Hamerton seek corroboration of the rumour, which has originated from a letter received by Kemball from the n...
