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
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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.
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
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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.
Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is informing the Resident that the Persian Government has appointed Mirza Mahmood Khan — son-in-law of the Minister of Foreign Affairs — to oversee the detention of Persian slaving vessels from a British cruizer; the British have been authorised to detain Persian ships suspected of car...
Letter No. 302 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
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The letter is reporting that Shaikh Houssein Nasir put to sea with many boats in order to restore himself to power in Persia. It notes however that he departed peacefully, and did not undertake any hostile or irregular acts at sea. It reports that the Resident has declined to get involved, thoug...
Letter from William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
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The letter is informing the Resident that George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon and Foreign Secretary, has approved of the steps taken by Commodore George Robinson to obtain reparation for the acts of 'piracy and plunder' committed by the Shaikh of the island of Charrack [Khārk, Ja...
Printed circular no.4322 of 1853 from J. G. Lumsden, Secretary to Government, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The circular relates to complimentary addresses being made to public officers on the occasion of their retirement or removal from office, stating that such practice should be ‘systematically discouraged’.
Letter No. 5: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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In this letter, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, refers to the plunder and destruction of a boat belonging to Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob] by the people of Kirrah on the Persian Coast, which occurred seven years ago. Kemball proposes that he disburse to Hajee Yacoob the balan...
