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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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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 9 from despatch no.22 of 1854 (folio 344) from the Honourable Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 22 November 1854. The extract refers to the case of slaves imported into the Persian coast by the vessel Mahmoodee . The extract states the importance of the case, owing to the refusal of the merchant to whom the slaves were consigned, to deliver them up to the Persian authorities. The extract concludes that none of the parties are amenable to British law, and that the case rests with Her Majesty’s Representative at the Persian court.

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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 343-344

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6 Feb 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.545 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 343-344, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x00005b> [accessed 29 March 2025]

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