Letter from Henry Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 25 Oct 1855. 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 copy of a communication sent to the Assistant Resident by the British Agent at Muscat (see ff 213-219) dated 9 October 1855. It states this is in order to inform him that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, is contemplating calling on the assistance of Busrah [Basra] for 'warlike purposes' in his dispute with the Persians over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās].
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221
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- 25 Oct 1855 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Henry Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051548.0x000047> [accessed 14 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221
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- Letter from Henry Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
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- 221r:221v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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