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Letter no.335 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [&lrm;172v] (6/14)

Letter no.335 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [‎172v] (6/14)

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Letter no.335 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 170-76

The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 2 Oct 1852. 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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Covering letter with two enclosures:

1) A translation of a letter (ff 171-73) to Kemball from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] chief of Rasul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], dated 28 August 1852. Sheikh Sultan writes about the renewal of the Maritime Truce with the sheikhs of the Arab coast, and the recent act of piracy committed at Zanzibar by a boat from Ra's al-Khaymah (ff 101-103). Sheikh Sultan writes to complain of unfair treatment, citing numerous instances of trangressions of the truce by the other coastal town rulers;

2) Kemball's reply (ff 173-76) to Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr, dated 30 September 1852. Kemball addresses each of the claims set out by Sheikh Sultan, in order to challenge his accusations of unfair treatment at the hands of the British Government.

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Letter no.335 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [‎172v] (6/14), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 170-76, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051737.0x0000b0> [accessed 13 February 2025]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 170-76
Title: Letter no.335 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Pages: 170r:176v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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