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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 6 Feb 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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Letter regarding the discovery and rescue of a Somali girl at Muscat who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, and requesting that the Government of Muscat be urged to identify is subjects at Soor [Sur] who were involved in the transaction.

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2 folios
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English in Latin script
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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/15/1/143, ff 331-332

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6 Feb 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.562 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 331-332, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x000058> [accessed 2 April 2025]

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