Letter no. 236 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 233-234
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Jun 1854. 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 grounding off the Shatel Arab [Shatt al-Arab], at the mouth of the Euphrates, of the Honourable Company’s packet steamship Firoze . Kemball encloses to Anderson a letter (folio 234) received from Commander Drought, commanding officer of the Firoze , dated 14 June 1854. In his letter Drought reports that after the grounding, he sent a request to Shaikh Jaber I Al-Sabah, the ruler of Koweit [Kuwait], seeking assistance in the unloading of guns and cargo to refloat the Firoze . Six boats were sent to assist the Firoze, by which time the British vessel had already successfully refloated. Drought recommends financial reward for the Shaikh of Kuwait and the boat crews that sailed out to assist the Firoze . In his own letter to Anderson, Kemball requests that Government make available 500 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for this reward.
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- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 233-234
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- Letter no. 236 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 233r:234v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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