Letter no.416 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 210-14
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The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 2 Dec 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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Kemball reports of his instructions given to Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding Officer on board the Honourable Company's ship Tigris , in the wake of acts of piracy committed against boats owned by subjects of Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], by vessels belonging to Debaie [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. Kemball includes two enclosures with his letter:
1) Letter no.18 of 1852 (ff 211-12) from Tronson to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 4 November 1852. In the letter Tronson writes of his journey to the Arab coast, and his meetings with Sheikh Hamdan ben Thanoon, brother of the ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Sheikh Said ben Butye [Sa'id bin Butti], ruler of Dubai. Tronson warns both against committing breaches of the Maritime Truce;
2) A translated extract of a letter (ff 213-14) from Hajee Yacoob, British agent at Sharjah, to Kemball, dated 11 November 1852. The letter is a continuation of Yacoob's report on the succession struggle at Dubai, in the wake of Sheikh Maktum bin Butti's death. Yacoob reports that the sons and brother of the late Sheikh have fled to Ra's al-Khaymah, where they have sought the protection of Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr.
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Letter no.416 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, f 210-14, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x000050> [accessed 29 March 2025]
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- Letter no.416 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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- 210r:214v
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