Letter no.240 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 363-368
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The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 16 Aug 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 seizure of thirty-six slaves from a Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] vessel, the fines levied against the owner of the vessel, and the costs incurred in the slaves' maintenance. The following enclosures are included with Kemball's letter:
1. A letter (folios 364-66) from William Taylour Thomson, His Majesty's Charge D'Affairs at the Court of Persia, Tehran to Kemball, dated 12 July 1853, in which Thomson assesses the merits and drawbacks of leniency in the fines to be charged against the owner of the slave vessel, in consideration that the owner had invested in his slaves before the slave trade Order was passed in December 1852. Thomson alludes to private correspondence exchanged between himself and Kemball, relating to a proposed incentive for the Persian slave trade suppression commissioner Meerza Mahmood Khan;
2. Letter no.235 of 1853 (folios 367-68) from Kemball to Thomson, dated 15 August 1853, in which Kemball reports that the fine for the slave traders has been set at 250 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . Kemball also discusses further the proposals for financial incentives for Meerza Mahmood Khan.
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- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 363-368
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- Letter no.240 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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- 363r:368v
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