Letter No. 5 of 1852 from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is drawing the Chief Secretaries attention to the weak strength of the squadron in the Persian Gulf. It explains that he would have prevented the return of the HC Schooner Constance to Bombay if it had been in a fit enough condition; it is requested that the vessel is returned to the ...
Letter No. 302 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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The letter is instructing the Commodore to deliver communications to all the parties of the Treaty of Maritime Peace 1843. This is as a result of the discovery of a discrepancy between the 'English' and 'Mahomedan' [Mohammedan] expiry date, and the Resident is requesting that the parties involved...
Letter No. 447 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter concerns the replacement of the Maritime Truce 1843 with a Perpetual Treaty of Maritime Peace. Enclosed is a letter (No. 4752 of 1852) on the subject from Charles Allen, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India to the Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, dated 18 December...
Letter No. 146 of 1852 from Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is reporting that the Commodore's cruise of the Arabian Coast in the Clive has been a success, and that he has obtained the consent of all the 'Arabian chiefs' to ensure the Maritime Truce 1843 will remain in affect until June 1853. It further reports that the chiefs are agreeable to ...
Letter No. 305 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is forwarding a couple of communications, so that the Resident may be informed of the wishes of the British Government. The item has two enclosures: 1. Letter from James Howard Harris, Foreign Secretary, to the President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, dated 7...
Letter No. 3 of 1853 Captain Arnold Burrowes, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is informing the Bombay Government that Hajee Jassim, the British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], has reported that the Egyptian Agent Bitjuh Effendi has presented five slaves to the Shaikh of Bahrein, Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, in exchange for a number of horses. It further repor...
Letter from William Taylor Thompson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Resident [Political Agent in Turkish Arabia], Baghdad
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The letter is reporting that the hostile attitude of the Government of Persia towards the British has proven short lived; it explains this is because the promises made to the Shah by the Russian Minister were not within his power to make. It notes that in consequence, the Persian Government has ...
Letter from 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 the arrival of the HC Steam Frigate Auckland at Bushire; it's purpose being to collect up to date intelligence from the Resident. It notes that he has therefore delayed the vessel's return to India pending the receipt of dispatches from HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court o...
Letter No. 5 of 1854 from Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghad to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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The letter is informing the Resident that his dispatches (No. 364 and 368) for HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia will be forwarded to their intended destination. It further reports that the Political Agent has had a discussion with Reshid Pasha regarding Shaikh Houssein Nasir's recent...
Letter No. 16A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is forwarding a proposal from Colonel Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, for the deployment of an Anglo-Indian Army in the Russian War [Crimean War]. It further notes some of the difficulties to be expected in traversing an army through Persia, and in procuring supplies. T...
