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411. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 34-35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 34-35
Title:
Letter no.290 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to Kemball’s recommendations for the introduction of registration papers for Arab and Persian trading vessels in the Gulf, as outlined in an earlier letter (folios 30-33). Kemball adds two points to his earlier correspondence: the need for particular advance arrangements for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1853
Extent:
2 folios

412. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 36-39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 36-39
Title:
Letter no.5316 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the introduction of registers to Arab and Persian trading vessels visiting the port of Kurrachee [Karāchi]. Malet acknowledges receipt of Kemball’s earlier letters and encloses a number of items, as follows: Letter no.870 of 1853 (folios 37-38), a report f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1853
Extent:
4 folios

413. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 175-177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 175-177
Title:
Letter no.765 from the Marine Department, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, sending Kemball an extract from a letter (folio 176) from the acting native agent at Muscat, dated 11 March 1853. The extract relates to repairs which are required to be made to the coal magazine at Muscat. The acting agent refers to the 'dangerous state' of the b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1853
Extent:
3 folios

414. IOR/R/15/1/139, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, f 3
Title:
Letter No. 10: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the right of a man named Mr Malcolm to complete the building of his house in Bushire, which had been unjustifiably denied by the Dureya Beggee [Governor of Bushire]. Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, informs Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipoten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 folio

415. IOR/R/15/1/143, f 269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/143, f 269
Title:
Office Memorandum no.3558 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is a reminder to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, that a reply is overdue to the Chief Secretary Arthur Malet’s circular, dated 17 February 1854.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1854
Extent:
1 folio

416. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 26-28v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 26-28v
Title:
Letter No. 97: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter has no date, but a note on the verso states that it was received on 26 August 1850. In the letter, John Patterson Porter forwards an extract, dated 24 August 1850, from Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners's report of his trip to Katiff [Al-Qaṭīf] and his efforts to recover stolen ite...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1850
Extent:
3 folios

417. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33
Title:
Letter no.35 of 1850 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Response to Hennell's letter of 22 February (ff 31-32), suggesting that 20 March would be the best date to send all sailing vessels in the squadron to the coast of Qatar. Requests the assistance of a Bahrain pilot in conducting the vessels along the Qatar coast, agreeing with Hennell that the 'pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 folio

418. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 56
Title:
Letter no.125 of 1851 from Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter responds to Hennell's requests for action at Bahrain and al-Qatif (f 55). He states that the vessels Euphrates and Tigris can be despatched to the site of the blockade, and that fifty-five boats comprise the Wahhabi force at al-Qatif. He requests further instructions from Hennell.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

419. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9
Title:
Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
Letter in which Hennell writes about an enquiry surrounding the events of an altercation between his and McAlister's servants, over access to a water well in the town. Hennell writes of his 'entire disapprobation' with McAlister in the wake of an altercation, and complains of McAlister not consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

420. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter's reply to Hennell's letter (ff 17-18) stating the grievances held by the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister against Porter, provoked by the uncourteous letter McAlister claims to have received from Porter (see f 15). Porter gives his version of events surrounding the origins of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1851
Extent:
2 folios