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291. 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

292. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 13
Title:
Letter No. 255: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, informs George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, that he has received orders from Government to supply the Superintendent of Stationery at Bombay with two casks of sand. Kemball requests that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 folio

293. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 14
Title:
Letter No. 264: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, encloses a letter (not included), which is to be forwarded to the Sheik of Charrack [Shaikh of Bandar-e Chārak] on board the Queen, one of the Honourable Company's steam frigates. Kemball states that the Sheikh has countenance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 folio

294. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 26
Title:
Letter No. 420: Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, requests that Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Squadron in the Persian Gulf, visit the ports situated between Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Ras ul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], in order to deliver a number of encl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 folio

295. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 102
Title:
Letter from William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the Chargé d'affaires has suspended diplomatic relations with the Persian Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1853
Extent:

1 folio

296. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 135
Title:
Letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that no work appears to have been undertaken to strengthen the defences at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye] beyond the general repair of the walls, and that the reinforcements sent to the island have been relieved; the garrison's strength remains the same.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1854
Extent:

1 folio

297. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 136
Title:
Letter No. 192 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to the Officer Commanding any of the HC Steamers of War touching at Muscat en route to the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting that any steamer receiving this communication calls at Rusulkhymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Amulgavine, Ejmaun, Shargah [Sharjah], Deboie [Dubai], Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] while on route to Bushire; it is intended that the ship should pick up any corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1854
Extent:

1 folio

298. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221
Title:
Letter from Henry Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a copy of a communication sent to the Assistant Resident by the British Agent at Muscat (see ff 213-219) dated 9 October 1855. It states this is in order to inform him that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, is contemplating calling on the assista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1855
Extent:

1 folio

299. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 223
Title:
Letter from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Political Agent that the dispute between Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, and the Persians over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] has been brought to a satisfactory settlement. It includes a short extract of a letter from the British Minister at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

300. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 233
Title:
Letter from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, aboard the HC Corvette Falkland in the Bushire Roads, to Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter advises that the Acting Resident's proposal to hire a native boat to convey a packet to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] — for transmission to Bombay — may not be the speediest means of transmitting it to India. Instead the Commodore advises awaiting the arrival of the steamer Semiramis at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio