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IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62
- Record Id:
- 041-002739815
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022578445.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024051548.0x000018
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62
- Title:
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Letter No. 178 of 1853 Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomas, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
- Scope & Content:
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The letter is enclosing a report on the state of Persian fortifications at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]; the investigation was undertaken as a result of a suggestion from James Howard Harris, Lord Malmesbury and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Note that Karrack is also spelt Kharg in this item.
The item has two enclosures:
1. Letter from Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 10 June 1853.
The enclosure is forwarding enclosure No. 2.
2. Letter from Lieutenant Chas Golding Constable, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates to Commodore George Robinson, dated 2 June 1853.
The enclosure is reporting that the Lieutenant's vessel arrived at Karrack on 15 May 1853; it notes that the Lieutenant did not observe any signs of new fortification work, or of any efforts to repair existing structures.
- 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
040-000227566
041-002739815 - 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/15/1/132 : Vol 180: Secret letters Inward and Outward
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62 : Letter No. 178 of 1853 Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0001]/038-000227552[0014]/040-000227566[0024]/041-002739815
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000069
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 10 Jun 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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