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IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101
- Record Id:
- 041-002447506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000034266.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024051555.0x00001e
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101
- Title:
- Letter no.102 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
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The letter relates to two discoveries of indigo, plundered from the ship Centaur in May 1852. Kemball reports that a quantity of indigo has been seized at Bahrain, by an Indian merchant at Muscat. A further discovery was made at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh].
The item includes the following enclosures:
1. A chart (folio 96), dated 3 March 1853, detailing the weights of the seventy-nine bags of indigo recovered from Bahrain, which total 109 and three-eighths of Bahrain Maunds;
2. A statement folios (97-100) made by Khushal Banyan, an Indian subject, after being asked how it happened that he brought indigo at Muscat, knowing it was plundered from the Centaur;
3. Letter no.20 of 1853 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 20 February 1853. Robinson reports of the appearance and seizure by the Sheikh of Bandar-e Lengeh, of eighteen bags of indigo, taken from the Centaur.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227551
038-000227552
040-000227572
041-002447506 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/119-198 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/119-144 : Subject compilations: letters received and letters sent
IOR/R/15/1/138 : Vol 186 1853/54 Bahrain; Arabian Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101 : Letter no.102 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0001]/038-000227552[0020]/040-000227572[0030]/041-002447506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 9 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00006f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 11 Mar 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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