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'Copy of Colonel Kemball's letter to Secretary to Government Bombay about Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aboo Eso [Yas Island]' [16r] (1/10)
The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 12 Jul 1866. 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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Copy of letter No. 56 of 1866 from Colonel Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , Baghdad to the Secretary to Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. in the Political Department, Bombay written 26 June 1866.
The Colonel's letter proposes that visits by the British India Steam Navigation Company to Koweit [Kuwait] should be suspended in order to protect the flourishing community there and enclosing communications from William Pears Johnston, British Agent at Bussorah [Basra] regarding Bahrein and a Persian offer of protection made to its Shaikh.
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- 'Copy of Colonel Kemball's letter to Secretary to Government Bombay about Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aboo Eso [Yas Island]'
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- 16r:20v
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