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Letter no.349 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [180v] (6/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 9 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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Letter reporting on intelligence from the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, that some of the cargo of indigo plundered from the British vessel Centaur has been reported on the Batinah coast and at Fujeerah [Fujairah]. Kemball encloses a copy of Yacoob's report (ff 179v-80) with his own. Dated 20 September 1853, Yacoob's states in his report that he has been informed that some of the indigo plundered from the British vessel Centaur is being stored on the Batinah Coast (Ukkur) and at Fujeerah [Fujairah]. Yacoob writes that he has communicated with Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], who counts Fujairah as one of his dominions, reminding him of his obligations to the British to recover the indigo where possible. Yacoob also writes that he himself has managed to purchase some of the stolen indigo from Rulsulkhymah [Ra's al-Khaymah].
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Letter no.349 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [180v] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 178-80, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051737.0x0000c0> [accessed 4 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 178-80
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- Letter no.349 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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- 178r:180v
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