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281. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 39-40
Title:
Letter from Lt Manners, Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Manners writes that his vessels have remained on the coast off Al Biddeh [al Bidda], and have made 'a true survey' of the coast and its shoals, which will allow boats to moor off al Bidda in future. However, Manners recommends against vessels travelling along the coast further south, which he des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1851
Extent:
2 folios

282. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 12
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting permission to apply to the Military Department for permission to 'proceed beyond the limits of the [Bombay] Presidency', via a streamer bound for Suez. It cites long service and poor health as the reason for the request. It further reports that the Persian Gulf is in a t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1852
Extent:

1 folio

283. IOR/R/15/1/129, ff 51-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, ff 51-52
Title:
Circular No. 3882 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The circular is transmitting a proclamation prohibiting the immigration of 'foreign adventurers in search of military service' — that may be proceeding to 'Native States in the [Indian] interior — without a suitable passport. It further requests that all applications for passports are hereafter r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1852
Extent:

2 folios

284. 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

285. 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

286. 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

287. 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

288. 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

289. 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

290. 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