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Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [&lrm;107r] (1/4)

Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎107r] (1/4)

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Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 107-08

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 Jun 1852. 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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Content: Robinson offers more details on his meeting with the Hajee Yacoob, the British agent at Sharjah. He writes in detail of a collision between two pearling boats from Debaye [Dubai] and Khaun, in which several men were injured with swords; a dispute arising from a slave that had absconded from an Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] boat, and then captured by a Dubai boat; and an act of piracy committed by a Ra's al-Khaymah boat at Zanzibar.
Extent and format: 2 folios
Written in: English in Latin script

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Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎107r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 107-08, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051737.0x00001d> [accessed 21 February 2025]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 107-08
Title: Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Pages: 107r:108v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Letter no.102 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎107r] (1/4)

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