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IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 171-173A
- Record Id:
- 041-002560720
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022545215.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x00001f
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 171-173A
- Title:
- Letter no.21 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter relates to attempts by the underwriters of the cargo ship Centaur, shipwrecked and plundered in May 1852, to recover her lost cargo of indigo. Kemball writes to the Government to report that he has received a letter from Colin Campbell, Honourary Secretary of the Insurance General Committee in Calcutta, dated 7 September 1853 (folios 172-73A), in which Campbell writes that it is the underwriters’ desire to appoint an agent to the Gulf, charged with the task of tracing and recovering the Centaur’s stolen indigo. In his letter Campbell requests Kemball to procure and appoint an agent in the Gulf on the underwriters’ behalf. In his own letter to Malet, Kemball requests clarification on the extent to which he himself will be responsible for the agent and his success. Kemball expresses his doubts as to whether any indigo can be recovered, given that the stolen goods are no longer in the possession of the stolen plunderers, and that any parties now found with indigo suspected of having been taken from the Centaur proclaim ignorance of the alleged contraband nature of their goods.
- 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
040-000227577
041-002560720 - 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/15/1/143 : Vol 195 1854/55 Bahrain; Arab Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 171-173A : Letter no.21 of 1854 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[0025]/040-000227577[0031]/041-002560720
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000074
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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