Letter no.101 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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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.
Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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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...
Letter no.359 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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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...
Letter no.148 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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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...
Letter no.369 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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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 ...
Letter no.370 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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...
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
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Chargé d'affaires has suspended diplomatic relations with the Persian Government.
