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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Dec 1856. 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 61 of despatch no.24 of 1856 (folio 27) from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 16 April 1856, relating to an act of maritime piracy committed by tribes from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] against a Bahrain vessel. The extract states that the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. approve of the Resident (Captain Arnold Kemball’s) actions in the matter.

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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/15/1/157, ff 26-27

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12 Dec 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.5593 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander James Felix Jones], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 26-27, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000009> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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