Letter no.30 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the recent kidnap of a Soomalee [Somali] girl by the crew of a vessel from Soor [Ṣūr], and her liberation at Muscat. Kemball’s letter includes the translated extract of a letter from Khojeh Hiskale, the British Agent at Muscat, dated 29 December 1853. In his letter Hiskale s...
Letter no.86 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the importation of slaves into Persia by the vessel Mahmoodee, and the efforts made by the Persian Commissioner for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, Meerza Mahmood Khan, to secure their release. The following enclosures are included with Kemball’s lett...
Letter no.107 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the import of slaves into Mogoo [Bandar-e Moghūye] on the Persian coast. Kemball writes that the slaves have been surrendered to the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and transferred to the charge of Commodore Robinson at Bassidore. Enclosed with...
Letter no.144 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the purchase of two slaves by Indian British subjects at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] who are pilgrims on their way from India to Kerbelah [Karbalā']. The male and female slave in question were both dressed as women to avoid discovery, but landed by the nakhuda of the vessel in...
Letter no.2324 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter relates to the capture in 1853 of two slavers by the Honourable Company’s schooner Constance. The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 5 of despatch no.1 of 1854 (folio 369) from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 1 March 1854. The extract states that, ...
Letter no.138 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is related to the capture in 1853 of two slavers by the Honourable Company’s schooner Constance. The letter is a covering letter, enclosing letter no.8 of 1855 (folio 371) from Lawford Acland, Acting Honourable Company’s Solicitor, to Anderson, dated 4 January 1855. Acland’s letter rep...
Letter no.230 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the import of slaves into the Persian port of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] last season, and arrangements to ensure that Shaikh Hassan ben Abdullah of Bandar-e Chārak fulfils the terms of the bond executed by him. The following enclosures are included with Kemball’s letter: 1...
Letter no.122 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the late despatch to Bombay of manumitted slaves from the Gulf. Kemball writes to account for the current delay in sending a number of slaves to Bombay. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter (not included in the volume) was a letter from Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Naval...
Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is a reply to Anderson’s earlier letter (folio 11), which enclosed an extract of a despatch from the Court of Directors, enquiring after the fate of a number of slaves found on a bugulah [buggalow, or boat] in the Persian Gulf. Kemball writes to state that the slaves in question were ...
Letter no.412 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is a request for instructions from the Resident as to the extent of his (and his Political Agents’) jurisdiction in relation to notarial affairs. Jones writes that Britain has two consular agents in Persia, but that he, as the Resident at Bushire, is distinct from these individuals, an...
