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Letter no.4381 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [235r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Oct 1854. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball’s earlier letter (folio 233) relating to the grounding of the Honourable Company’s packet steamship Firoze on the Shatt al-Arab. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Kemball’s proceedings in the matter, and that His Lordship in Council has sanctioned the disbursement of 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. to the Shaikh of Kuwait and his subjects. Anderson also writes that, in light of the Shaikh’s friendly conduct towards the British vessel, a list of presents to be given to the Shaikh has been drawn up (folio 236), which the Acting Commissioner General has been directed to purchase and forward to Kemball. The list, which includes amongst other things, a double-barrelled guns, a pair of pistols, lace, muslin, two telescopes and six canisters of gunpowder, totals 800 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
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Letter no.4381 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [235r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 235-236, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443253.0x000061> [accessed 14 February 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 235-236
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- Letter no.4381 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 235r:236v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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