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311. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 14-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 14-30
Title:
Letter no.182 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Further reports on proceedings in Bahrain, enclosing numerous enclosures: 1) Translated extract of a report from the the British agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim (ff 17-18), dated 30 April 1852, on activities between the rulers of Bahrain and Muscat, including the exchange of messages; 2) Transl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1852
Extent:
17 folios

312. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 66-68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 66-68
Title:
Letter (no.413 of 1852) from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter for two enclosures: 1) The translated extract of a report (f 67) from Hajee Jassem, the British Agent at Bahrain, to Kemball, dated 12 November, stating that a messenger has recently delivered letters to Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa from the Wahhabi Chief Amir Faisal, on the paym...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1852
Extent:
3 folios

313. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 70-71
Title:
Letter no.415 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Continued correspondence on the negotiations between Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain, and his estranged nephews, residing in Dammam. Kemball describes the 'state of exitement' that Bahrain continues to exist in, over uncertainties of whether an invasion of the island from Dammam wil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1852
Extent:
2 folios

314. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 93-97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 93-97
Title:
Letter no.139 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Porter despatch the Honourable Company's sloop Clive to the Arabian Coast, in light of recent breaches of the Maritime Truce in the region, including the capture of a boat from Biddah [Al Bidda] and other hostilities at sea. Kemball also recommends that Porter tour the pea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1852
Extent:
5 folios

315. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 99-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 99-103
Title:
Letter (no.211 of 1852) from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing three reports [not included in the file] from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer of the Persian Gulf Squadron, on proceedings on the Arab coast. Kemball writes that Robinson has met with the Sharjah Agent Hajee Yacoob, who reports of further violations of the Maritime...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1852
Extent:
5 folios

316. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 150-51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 150-51
Title:
Letter no.311 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter discussing an intelligence report received by Kemball from Hajee Yacoob, native agent at Sharjah, dated 25 August 1852. Yacoob's report is appended to Kemball's letter (f 151). In his letter Yacoob states that, in spite of the quiet appearance of affairs on the Arab coast, the she...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1852
Extent:
2 folios

317. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 160-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 160-61
Title:
Letter no.358 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowleding receipt from the Governor General in Council of the Resident in the Persian Gulf's report on the cruise of the Company's frigate Queen (ff 156-158). Allen states that His Lordship considers the report satisfactory. Enclosed with Malet's letter is letter no.31 from Charles Alle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
Extent:
2 folios

318. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 216-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 216-18
Title:
Letter no.432 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing a report from the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, sent to Kemball and dated 20 December 1852. Yacoob reports on recent rivalries between the Joasmee [Qasimi] and Beni Yas tribes on the Arab Coast. Yacoob states that the Sheikhs of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debai an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1852
Extent:
3 folios

319. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 244-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 244-46
Title:
Letter no.114 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Kemball reports on recent incidents of slave trading in Bahrain. Two reports sent to Kemball by the British agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassem, are enclosed with the letter, the first dated 7 April 1852, the second 15 April 1852. In the first report, Jassem (f 246) states that he recently discovered ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1852
Extent:
3 folios

320. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 262-63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 262-63
Title:
Letter no.229 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Kemball reports that the buglah [buggalow] seized the previous year, because of its use in the slave trade, has been sold as instructed by Malet, at Muscat for 200 German crowns. However, Kemball reports that the repair and storage costs of the buggalow were 203 and one-eighth crowns, thus incurr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1852
Extent:
2 folios