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Letter no.5A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [284v] (8/14)
The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 22 Sep 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 a report of the Resident’s recent tour on board the Clive , of the main ports of the Arab coast of the Gulf, including Rasul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Ejmaum [Ajman], Sharjah, Debaie [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. Kemball reports that in his meetings with the various shaikhs, the [Crimean] war with Russia and the recapture of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by the Imam of Muscat, were the main topics of general conversation.
Other topics raised in conversation, and which Kemball relates, include: the overall observance of the maritime truce; disputes and hostilities between tribes, including blood feuds; two specific cases of ‘maritime irregularity’, or hostilities at sea, both rooted in the flight of debtors from one port to another, or in the capture of runaway slaves; and the continued importation of slaves, particularly by the subjects of the Umm al-Qaywayn and Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] chiefs.
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Letter no.5A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [284v] (8/14), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 281-287, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443253.0x0000c4> [accessed 16 December 2024]
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- Letter no.5A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 281v:287v
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