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1. IOR/R/15/1/149

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149
Title:
‘Vol 204 1855/56 Slave Trade; Bahrain, Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence exchanged between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball until August 1855, Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe in the capacity as Assistant Resident in Charge between August and September 1855, and Commander James Felix Jones from September...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1855-31 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 volume, 69 items (193 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 13
Title:
Letter no.3A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to five manumitted slaves currently residing at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū] for passage to Bombay. Kemball writes that the eldest of the five slaves has requested he be freed to earn a livelihood at Bassadore, and that, given his age of about eighteen or nineteen, Kemball has agreed t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 28
Title:
Letter no.351 of 1855 from Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in Charge, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to previous correspondence between Kemball and Anderson over explanations of the contrasting successes of the suppression of the slave trade on the Persian and Arab coasts. Disbrowe writes that he has passed on to Meerza Mahmood Khan, the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner, t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1855
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 192-193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 192-193
Title:
Circular no.5105 of 1855, from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The printed circular encloses a number of despatches for the attention of the Resident, as follows: 1. An extract of paragraph 15 of despatch no.11 of 1855 from the Court of Directors, dated 5 September 1855, relating to inappropriately heavy fines imposed on the Stipendiary Police, in relation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1855
Extent:
2 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 5
Title:
Letter no.1251 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s previous communication (folios 3-4) regarding the promises of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] to suppress the slave trade in his dominions. Anderson writes of his satisfaction at Shaikh Sultan’s promises, but requests that Kembal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1855
Extent:
1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 7
Title:
Letter no.2122 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 6) relating to the delay in the despatch of manumitted slaves to Bombay. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1855
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 17
Title:
Letter no.3177 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 13) relating to the manumission of five slaves. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1855
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 22
Title:
Letter no.3241 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folios 20-21) with his explanations relating to the Arab slave trade. Anderson writes that His Lordship in Council is highly satisfied with the assurance of cordial relations with the Persian Government over the suppression ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1855
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 23
Title:
Letter no.211 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to Kemball’s previous reports of the liberation of slaves purchased by pilgrims at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. In response to Anderson’s previous communication in the matter (IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 358-59) Kemball writes to confirm the punishment of those selling the slave was a fine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 24
Title:
Leter no.212 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Charles Augustus Murray, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to Kemball’s explanation to the Court of Directors of Bombay (folios 20-21), of the impunity enjoyed by the slave traders on the Arab coast, in contrast to the success of measures against the slave trade into Persia. Kemball encloses with his letter (not included in the file...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio