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Letter No. 305 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [32v] (4/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 11 Sep 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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The letter is forwarding a couple of communications, so that the Resident may be informed of the wishes of the British Government. The item has two enclosures:
1. Letter from James Howard Harris, Foreign Secretary, to the President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, dated 7 July 1852.
The enclosure suggests that in light of a suggestion made for the stationing of a ship of war in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the purpose of preventing the slave trade, that the commander in question is also employed to report on the new fortifications being built on the Persian Coast.
2. Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government to Henry John Leeke, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, dated 11 September 1852.
The enclosure is soliciting any remarks the Commodore may have concerning the content of enclosure No. 1.
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Letter No. 305 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [32v] (4/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 31-33, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514232.0x000043> [accessed 13 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 31-33
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- Letter No. 305 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 31r:33v
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