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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/138

61. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 77-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 77-84
Title:
Letter no.53 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to an act of piracy (the stealing of slaves) against a Zanzibar vessel committed by the subjects of Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] in early 1852, and the reasons for the delay in British officials' response to the incident. There is an enclosure with the letter, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1853
Extent:
8 folios

62. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 86-91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 86-91
Title:
Letter no.83 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the Wahhabi expedition to Oman, led by Abdullah ben Fysul [Abdullah bin Faisal], and a shipwrecking off Fujeerah [Fujairah]. The letter has three enclosures: 1. Letter no.19 (folio 87) from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1853
Extent:
6 folios

63. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101
Title:
Letter no.102 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to two discoveries of indigo, plundered from the ship Centaur in May 1852. Kemball reports that a quantity of indigo has been seized at Bahrain, by an Indian merchant at Muscat. A further discovery was made at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. The item includes the following enclosur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1853
Extent:
9 folios

64. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 104-105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 104-105
Title:
Letter no.3225 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing letter no.2921 from W. Seton Karr, Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, to Malet, dated 29 June 1853 (folio 105). Seton-Karr's letter instructs Malet to inform the Resident that the underwriters of the Centaur have instructed Messers R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1853
Extent:
2 folios

65. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 106-109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 106-109
Title:
Letter no.115 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns events on the Arab coast, in anticipation of the arrival of the Wahhabi forces from Qatif. Kemball reports that he has travelled to Sharjah, and reports on the current situation, while many of the local chiefs have met with the Wahhabi forces at Brymee [al Buraimi]. Included ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1853
Extent:

4 folios

66. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 111-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 111-121
Title:
Letter no.117 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1853
Extent:
11 folios

67. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 122-125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 122-125
Title:
Letter no.119 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1853
Extent:
4 folios

68. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 128-140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 128-140
Title:
Letter no.126 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the signing of a treaty between Kemball and the sheikhs of the Arab coast. Kemball discusses his interviews with the Joasmee [Qasimi] chief Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], and the sheikhs of Debaie [Dubai], Ejman [Ajman], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and Aboothab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1853
Extent:
13 folios

69. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 142-143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 142-143
Title:
Letter no.127 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to compensation payments made by Kemball's predecessor, Samuel Hennell, to Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], in the wake of an incident of plunder against Sheikh Sultan's people. Kemball writes that, in an interview with Sheikh Sultan on his recent trip to the Arab Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1853
Extent:
2 folios

70. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 145-149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 145-149
Title:
Letter no.191 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a recent incident of piracy taking place off the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf. Kemball reports that a boat carrying slaves and belonging to Mahomed ben Fullah, a native of Mumzur near Sharjah recently landed at Doah [Doha] for water, whereupon two of the slaves escaped to a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1853
Extent:
5 folios

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