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IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 88-96
- Record Id:
- 041-002736807
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022561739.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024052050.0x000025
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 88-96
- Title:
- Letter no.2A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
- Scope & Content:
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The letter is a report of Kemball’s annual tour around the Arab coast of the Gulf, visiting key ports and meeting with their rulers. The subjects Kemball discusses include: relations between the Wahabee [Wahhābī] and the Joasmee [Qāsimī] tribes; intrigues of the Wahhābī lieutenant Syed Ahmed el Soodeynee on the Arab coast and in Oman; the siege of Himireeah [Ḩamrīyah] by Shaikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr]; isolated incidents of piracy; the increasing decrepitude of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr.
Enclosed with Kemball’s report is letter no.1C (folios 95-96) from Kemball to Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, dated 4 June 1855. The letter relates to the good conduct of Lieutenant James, Commanding Officer of the Tigris, and violations of the maritime truce by the Shaikhs of the Arab coast, including the transport of arms used in the siege of Ḩamrīyah.
- 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
038-000227579
040-000227584
041-002736807 - 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/15/1/145-179 : Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/149 : ‘Vol 204 1855/56 Slave Trade; Bahrain, Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General’
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 88-96 : Letter no.2A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0002]/038-000227579[0005]/040-000227584[0037]/041-002736807
- 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_100000000193.0x00007a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 6 Jun 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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