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391. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 139-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 139-142
Title:
Letter No. 16A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a proposal from Colonel Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, for the deployment of an Anglo-Indian Army in the Russian War [Crimean War]. It further notes some of the difficulties to be expected in traversing an army through Persia, and in procuring supplies. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1854
Extent:

4 folios

392. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 153-160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 153-160
Title:
Letter No. 2 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding translations of documents presented to the Resident by Shaikh Abdul Azeez ben Seleem, a Wahabee [Wahabi] envoy. It notes that the documents were penned prior to the Resident's communications conveying the resolution of the British Government respecting the sons of the Ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1855
Extent:

8 folios

393. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 161-166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 161-166
Title:
Letter No. 4 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting the arrival of Shaikh Mahomed bin Abdullah — son of the Ex-Chief of Bahrain [Bahrein] — at Bushire, and that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabee [Wahabi] Chief, has acquiesced to the policy of the British Government; British policy being that the exiled branch of the U...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1855
Extent:

6 folios

394. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 169-179

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 169-179
Title:
Letter No. 1 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, aboard the HC Ship Clive to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the Resident has successfully mediated a reconciliation between Shaikh Mahomed bin Khuleefah [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], and Shaikh Mahomed bin Abdullah; it notes that the negotiations were conducted as part of the Resident's annu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1855
Extent:

11 folios

395. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 180-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 180-182
Title:
Letter No. 7 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabee [Wahabi] Chief, has indicated his concurrence respecting the reconciliation between Shaikh Mahomed bin Khuleefah [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], and Shaikh Mahomed bin Abdullah; though it notes h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1855
Extent:

3 folios

396. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 184-185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 184-185
Title:
Letter No. 384 of 1855 from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball's communications — Nos. 1B, 2, 4, and 7; dated 26 May, 23 February, 3 April, and 10 August 1855 — reporting his successful reconciliation of the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] with his exiled relatives at Demaun [Ad-Dammān], ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1855
Extent:

2 folios

397. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 186-191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 186-191
Title:
Letter No. 6 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter requests that the Resident is furnished with instructions detailing the extent he is authorised to use force to protect Bahrain from Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabee [Wahabi] Chief. It outlines the background of British policy towards the island from 1851 to give context to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1855
Extent:

6 folios

398. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 193-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 193-204
Title:
Letter No. 8 of 1855 from Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying the particulars of an interview held with Alee ben Iraheem, an envoy for Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] on 1 October 1855. The subject matter discussed includes a complaint that Shaikh Mahomed ben Abdullah is n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1855
Extent:

12 folios

399. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 205-212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 205-212
Title:
Letter Office No. 9 of 1855 from Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Bombay Government that it has been established — by the Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], Hajee Jassem — that the Al Ali tribe intends to relocate from Ges to the Arabian Coast; it notes that thirty-five boats have landed at Demaun [Ad-Dammān], and that Shaikh Ali ben Sulta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1855
Extent:

8 folios

400. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 213-219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 213-219
Title:
Letter No. 10 of 1855 from Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is warning the Bombay Government that if the Imam of Muscat, Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], was to obtain assistance from Bahrein [Bahrain] in his dispute with Persia, it could lead to the Persian Government renewing their claim over the island. It therefore requests instruct...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1855
Extent:

7 folios