Letter from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Hennell writes that, in previous years, numerous gifts have been received by the Residency from the Imam of Muscat and his son, to an estimated value of 2000 rupees. Hennell states that all these gifts have been 'brought' on the Government Books, and that no return has been made. He therefore sug...
Letter no.1854 of 1853, from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Responding to Kemball's predecessor's last letter (f 311), Malet writes that, though it has long been forbidden by Government to exchange presents, he sees no objection of a gift to the value of 2000 rupees being made to the Imam of Muscat, before his departure for Zanzibar.
Letter no.2165 of 1852, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Covering letter with a number of enclosures: 1) Duplicate letter no.8 of 1852 (ff 319-20) from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, dated 19 ...
Letter no.124 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with an accompanying enclosure (ff 12-13), a translated extract of a letter from Hajee Jassim, the British agent at Bahrain, dated 26 April 1852. Jassim's letter is an intelligence report on proceedings in Bahrain, including the despatch of a boat to the Guttur [Qatar] coast to as...
Letter no.199 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Kemball's letter reports that Sheikh Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Mohammed bin Khalifa]of Bahrain, having initially been open to the suggestion of mediation talks with the sons of the late Abdulla bin Ahmed, to have been supervised by the Resident, now states that such intervention by the British would...
Letter no.259 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with enclosures: 1) Letter no.258 of 1852 (ff 47-49) from Kemball to Major Atkins Hamerton, His Majesty's Consul and Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat, dated 10 August 1852. Kemball states that through intelligence received by the Br...
Letter no.320 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on the arrival in Bushire from Bahrain of Sheikh Ali ben Khuleefa [Ali bin Khalifa], brother of the ruler, who has arrived with the intention of discussing with the Resident the Bahrain merchant Mahomed ben Saeed's financial claims on the Bahraini émigrés now residing at Kenn [Kis...
Letter no.321 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports of a second interview with Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa, brother of the ruler of Bahrain. Kemball states that the real objective of Sheikh Ali's mission in Bushire was to seek help from the Resident in the removal of the former Bahrain sheikh's sons from Damaum [Dammam]. Kemball writes...
Letter E from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at Muscat to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Hennell reports on his meeting with Sheikh Mukhtoom [Maktum bin Butti] of Debaye [Dubai], who is in Muscat to assist in the Imam of Muscat's acquisition of Sohar. Hennell writes that the two men discuss the soon-to-expire Maritime Truce, its effectiveness and possible renewal.
Letter H from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at Muscat to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with an enclosure which lists the annual presents (with costs) given to the chiefs of the Arabian Coast by the Resident and sanctioned by the Government. The total cost of the presents is calculated as 1018 rupees, 6 annas and 10 pies.
