Letter no.117 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 Kemball's visit to the Arab coast, in anticipation of the arrival in the region of the Wahhabi force led by Abdullah bin Faisal. Kemball reports that none of the Sheikhs of the region (Ra's al-Khaymah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain and Abu Dhabi) have been to see him, as all have bee...
Letter no.119 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 events on the Arab coast, in the wake of the arrival at Al Buraimi of the Wahhabi forces, led by Abdullah bin Faisal. Kemball writes that he is still stationed off the Arab coast, and continues to receive intelligence from the native British agents at Sharjah and Muscat on ev...
Letter no.220 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 about Kemball's concern of a growing Wahhabi influence amongst the 'piratical' tribes of the Arab coast, after an incident involving the British Agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob. There are a number of enclosures with Kemball's letter: 1. Translated extract of a letter (folios 154-5...
Letter no.282 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 act of piracy committed to a boat belonging to the town of Ra's al-Khaymah off the coast of Africa in spring 1852, and continuing British efforts to seek restitution over the act. The letter includes a number of enclosures: 1. Letter no.281 of 1853 (folios 193-94B) fro...
Letter no.325 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 events on the Batinah Coast, and the lack of response that Kemball has had from the Imam of Muscat Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]. Kemball encloses a translation of a letter he has received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], dated 13 September ...
Letter no.389 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 an update on affairs at Muscat, confirming that an amicable arrangement has been concluded between the Sultan of Muscat Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said] and the Wahhabi chief Abdullah ben Fysul [Abdullah bin Faisal]. Kemball also confirms that the tribes of the Batinah coast have ...
Letter no.13 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 British pressure on the Persian authorities to suppress the slave trade in Persian ports. The following enclosures are included with Kemball's letter: A letter (folios 260-62) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary an...
Letter no.46 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 slave trade into Persia and British measures for its suppression. The enclosures following Kemball's letter are as follows: 1. Letter (folios 271-72) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary ...
Letter no.197 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 copy of a letter from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the President of the Board of Control, dated 2 May 1853, in which Kemball's instructions to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, for exacting ...
Letter no.68 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 question of whether the port of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] comes under Persian jurisdiction with regard to the measures for the suppression of the slave trade. The letter encloses a letter (folios 283-84) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Pleni...
