Letter no.84 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with the following enclosures: 1) A letter (f 229) from Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, dated 3 January 1852, discussing a report of seventy slaves landed at Mohemera [Khorrams...
Letter no.86 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter sent with an enclosure, a letter (f 242) addressed to Dr M. McAlister at Bushire, from Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, dated 13 February 1852. Sheil writes about the appointment by the Persian Government ...
Letter no.165 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Letter with four enclosures; a series of correspondence between Kemball and Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, relating to the resourcing of the Persian Gulf Indian Naval Squadron, both in terms of ships and crew, for the suppression of the slave trade. The e...
Letter no.194 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter to Malet, enclosing a copy of a letter sent to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated 5 June 1852. Kemball's letter informs Hamerton of intelligence he has received from the British ...
Letter no.235 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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A continuation of Kemball's letter to Malet of the previous day (ff 274-75), Kemball outlines the challenges faced by the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, given that there are three different sets of measures to be taken against vessels found carrying slaves, dependent on whether they a...
Letter no.326 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter enclosing a translated copy of a letter received by Kemball from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], a reply to an earlier letter from Kemball. In his letter Sheikh Sultan states that his subjects do not participate in the slave trade but concedes that, having seen vessels...
Letter no.5322 of 1852, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Malet acknowledges receipt of Kemball's previous despatch (ff 281-82), and encloses a copy of a letter (f 284) no.540 of 1852, from Captain Sir Henry Leeke, Commodore Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Falkland, President and Governor in Council, dated 7 ...
Letter no.368 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter to a number of enclosures reporting on the extent and activities of the slave trade during the summer season: 1) Translated extract of a letter (f 287) from the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, to Kemball, dated 11 June 1852, listing eight boats that have reached Rusul Kh...
Letter no.395 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter enclosing letter no.53 of 1852 from Colonel John Taylor, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent at Basra, to Kemball, dated 30 October 1852. Taylor's letter is a response to an earlier enquiry by Kemball into the nature of the slave trade in upper Gulf region, spe...
Letter no.296 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 writes to Malet to enquire if, given that he has already arranged a gift for the Imam of Muscat's confidential secretary, the procurement of gift to the value of 2000 rupees for the Imam himself is still required. Kemball continues that, should the gift still be required, he will require ...
