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81. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 213
Title:
Letter no.318 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter gives details of the despatch of the steam frigate Queen from Bushire to Bussora [Basra], with 60,000 Mahomed Shah Kraus, for transfer to the river steamer Comet and transfer to the Turkish Arabia political agency in Baghdad. For its return to the Presidency, Kemball writes that the Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 folio

82. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 240

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 240
Title:
Letter no.5538 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 an acknowledgement of Kemball's previous letter (folios 237-39), instructing Kemball to resist remonstrance with the authorities in Muscat over the proposed levy for the time being, but requesting Kemball to report on the status of British citizens in Muscat, and whether they would ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 folio

83. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 247
Title:
Letter no.5529 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 an acknowledgement of Kemball's previous letter (folios 241-46) reporting on the foundering and plunder of a Muscat boat on her way to Zanzibar. Malet writes that the Government will await further reports on the incident from Kemball.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1853
Extent:
1 folio

84. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 300
Title:
Letter no.2447 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 reply to Kemball's previous correspondence describing slaves transported from Sohar to Qeshm (folios 296-99), informing Kemball that his letter has been forwarded to the attention of Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 folio

85. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 354

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, f 354
Title:
Letter no.231 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 import of slaves from Sohar to Kishm [Qeshm] earlier in 1853. Kemball reports that he has received a response from the Imam of Muscat over his enquiry after the reports of slave trading between Sohar and Qeshm. Kemball reports that that authorities at Sohar and Qeshm bef...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1853
Extent:
1 folio

86. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 17-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 17-19
Title:
Letter no.111 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Malet's earlier letter (folio 15), asking for information on the plunder of the cargo of two boats belonging to Bahrain [including the capture of sixty people from Kateef [al Qatif]) by Sheikh Humud ben Mujdel of Junnah. Kemball writes that he was not aware that the prose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1853
Extent:
3 folios

87. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 26-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 26-34
Title:
Letter no.184 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 committed by Sheikh Humud ben Mujudel [Humeed bin Majdull] of Junnah [referred to as Gunnah or Jinnah in Charles Rathbone Low, The History of the Indian Navy (1877) vol.2, p.323] in September 1851. Kemball reports that enquires made at the request of the Ho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1853
Extent:
9 folios

88. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 43-44
Title:
Copy of letter no.506 of 1853 from Henry Bartle Frere, Commissioner in Sind, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the issue of passports to inhabitants of Sind living in Bahrain. Frere states that he cannot find any record of the issue of a passport to the man in question, though he has a suggestion as to who the passport may have been issued to. Enclosed with the first letter is a sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1853
Extent:
2 folios

89. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 45-55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 45-55
Title:
Letter no.1701 of 1853 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the visit to Bahrain (via Bombay) of Beghet Aga of Egypt, sent on behalf of the Viceroy of Egypt. A number of enclosures are included with Goldsmid's letter, intended to keep Kemball updated of events: 1. A copy of letter no.1648 of 1853 (folios 46-47) from Goldsmid to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1853
Extent:
11 folios

90. IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 64-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 64-67
Title:
Letter no.8 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The item is a covering letter, enclosing a further letter (no.192 of 1852) from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Naval Squadron, to Kemball, dated 19 December 1852. Robinson's letter is a report of his recent tour to the Arab coast on the Honourable Company's sloop Clive. Ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1853
Extent:
4 folios