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Letter no.285 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [203av] (4/10)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 26 Sep 1853. 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 relates to the payment of compensation to victims of violations of the maritime peace. Kemball acknowledges receipt of Malet's letter and the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ' despatch. Kemball discusses Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur's [Sultan bin Saqr] objection to the new system of compensation, fearing that it would be easy for him to retaliate against others on his own terms.
Kemball encloses two translated extracts of letters from Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob] the British Agent at Sharjah, addressed to himself and dated 11 November 1852 (folio 205) and 29 August 1853 (folio 206) respectively. In each extract Yaqoob writes of Sheikh Sultan's displeasure at compensation being paid to directly to the victims of piracy and not to himself. This, suggests Kemball, indicates that the 'irritation' of Sheikh Sultan towards this system has 'in no degree diminished' over time.
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Letter no.285 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [203av] (4/10), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 203-206, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023444617.0x000022> [accessed 6 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 203-206
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- Letter no.285 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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- 203r:203v, 203ar:203av, 204r:206v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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