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1. IOR/R/15/1/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130
Title:
Vol 178 1852/53 Bahrain; Arabian Coast; Slave Trade; Muscat
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters sent outwards and letters received from the Residency in the Persian Gulf. Outgoing correspondence was sent by the Resident of the Persian Gulf, who was Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell until April 1852. After April 1852, the Resident was Captain Arnold Kemball, who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1852-27 Dec 1852
Extent:

1 file in two volumes (122 items, 338 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 232-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 232-37
Title:
Letter no.2975 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming acknowledgement of Kemball's previous correspondence (ff 227-231), with enclosures: 1) A copy of letter no. 453 (f 233) from Richard Spooner, Acting Collector of Customs at Bombay to Henry Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, dated 17 May 1852. The letter responds to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1852
Extent:
6 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 243
Title:
Letter no.210 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of Kemball's previous letter (ff 241-42).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1852
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff-125-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff-125-26
Title:
Letter no.2100 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing extracts of paragraphs 45 and 46 of a despatch from the Honourable Court of Directors (f 126), dated 21 January 1852. Paragraph 45 states that the towns of the Guttur [Qatar] coast (Wukrah, Doah, Fowarait) have been required to pay compensation of 1000 (later 900) Crowns...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1852
Extent:
2 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 104-06

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 104-06
Title:
Letter no.101 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Robinsons reports of his proceeding from Bushire to the pearl banks on the Arab Coast, where there were no disturbances amongst the pearling fleets. Robinson writes of his meeting with the Hajee Yacoob, the British agent at Sharjah, with whom he discusses recent violations of the Maritime Truce.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1852
Extent:
3 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 107-08

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 107-08
Title:
Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Robinson offers more details on his meeting with the Hajee Yacoob, the British agent at Sharjah. He writes in detail of a collision between two pearling boats from Debaye [Dubai] and Khaun, in which several men were injured with swords; a dispute arising from a slave that had absconded from an Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1852
Extent:
2 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 168-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 168-69
Title:
Letter no.359 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter enclosing correspondence no.173 (f 169) from the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, dated 7 January 1853. In the enclosed letter the Governor General in Council approves of the instructions issued to the Resident i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1853
Extent:
2 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 193-94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 193-94
Title:
Letter no.148 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Robinson reports on his meeting with the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, who has intelligence on the sale and transport of indigo plundered from the British vessel Centaur, at Aggur and Fuggeerah [Fujairah]. Robinson reports that he has spoken to Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr about reports of in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1852
Extent:
2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 198-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 198-204
Title:
Letter no.369 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Kemball writes on the current state of affairs between the various rulers of the Arab coast. Kemball states his apprehension over a contested succession in Dubai, in the wake of the death of Sheikh Maktum bin Butti, and Sheikh Sai'd bin Tahnun of Abu Dhabi's designs on Dubai. Two enclosures are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1852
Extent:
7 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 207-08

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 207-08
Title:
Letter no.370 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron
Scope & Content:
Kemball informs Robinson that he has received intelligence of two 'highly suspicious' boats positioned on the Persian coast of the Gulf, seeking to apprehending merchant vessels. Kemball requests that Robinson issue orders to the officers of the Queen and Tigris to patrol the areas in which the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1852
Extent:
2 folios

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