Letter no.259 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 111-112
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 1 Aug 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 and its enclosure relates to the deposition of Shaikh Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa’id bin Tahnun] of Abu Dhabi. The enclosure is a letter (folio 112) addressed to Kemball from the British Agent at Muscat, Khoja [or Khojeh] Hiskale, dated 14 July 1855. Hiskale’s letter reports on the circumstances leading to the Shaikh’s deposition, principally a loss of support from the Beniyas [Bani Yas] tribes, following a death sentence placed by the Shaikh on an elder under protection of the tribe, who was involved in a blood feud.
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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/15/1/149, ff 111-112
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- 1 Aug 1855 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.259 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 111-112, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024052050.0x000028> [accessed 19 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 111-112
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- Letter no.259 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 111r:112v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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