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351. 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

352. 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

353. 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

354. 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

355. 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

356. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 265-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 265-73
Title:
Letter no.234 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 slave trading activities on both the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf. A table (f 265) lists the numbers of slaves imported into Rusul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] from Zanzibar (435), as supplied by the British agent at Sharjah. Kemball writes that he suspects this figure is a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1852
Extent:
9 folios

357. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 277-78

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 277-78
Title:
Letter no.1731 of 1852, from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter making reference to correspondence from the former Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, dated 28 June 1851 (see '1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade', IOR/R/15/1/127 f 21). Goldsmid encloses an extract from a despatch (f 278) from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1852
Extent:
2 folios

358. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 15-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 15-20
Title:
Letter No. 8 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing translations of communications received from parties subscribing to the continuation of the terms of the Maritime Truce 1843, and states that they give a general indication of the attitudes of the 'Arabian chiefs' towards the renewal of the treaty, or its replacement. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1852
Extent:

6 folios

359. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4
Title:
Letter no.407 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of correspondence from the native agent at Muscat, which reports on the departure of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id, for Zanzibar on the 31 October 1852, and of Major Hamerton (British Consul at Muscat) for Bombay on the same date.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 folio

360. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 51
Title:
Letter no.15 of 1852 from John Taylor, British Agent at Basra, to Captain Arnold Kemball, acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report describing the disturbances between the Moustafah Arabs and the Turkish Government, which Taylor believes will lead to hostilities and an armed resistance against the local authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio