‘Vol 182 1852/53 Persia; Slave Trade; Muscat; Commerce; miscellaneous’

Content

The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded by Captain Arnold Kemball. Correspondence in the volume falls under the following headings:

• Persia, Basra and Baghdad (folios 2-4);
• The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. slave trade (folios 6-8);
• Correspondence with the Muscat Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (folios 10-23);
• Commerce (folios 25-39);
• Miscellaneous items (folios 40-51).

Extent and format

1 volume, 38 items (57 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter no.406 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia

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Letter no.407 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4

Letter no.45 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Colonel John Taylor, Acting British Agent at Bussorah [Basra]

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 6

Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 7

Letter no.261 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8

Note no.15 from the British Agent at Bussorah (Basra)

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Letter no.3 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 10

Letter no.101 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 11

Letter no.231 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 12

Letter no.19 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.254 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Letter from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 17-19

Letter no.323 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 20

Letter no.346 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21

Letter no.348 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 22

Letter no.352 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 23

Letter no.4 of 1852 from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Mr Francis Ruffary, Supercargo of the British merchant ship Despatch , Cochin

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 25

Letter no.142 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident of the Persian Gulf, to Mr Ameer Khan Johannes, Isfahan

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 26

Letter no.270 of 1852 from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Mr Francis Ruffary, Supercargo of the British merchant ship Despatch , Cochin

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 27

Letter no.271 of 1852 from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Mr Rosalie, care of Clodimir Maingard Esq., Mauritius

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 28-29

Letter from Justin Sheil, British Envoy to Tehran, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 30-31

Letter written in cypher

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 32

Letter no.267 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 33-34

Letter from Justin Sheil, British Envoy to Tehran, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 35

Letter no.893 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Mr A Malcolm, merchant, Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 36

Letter no.893 of 1852 from The Commissioner in Sind, to The Political Agent [Resident], Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 37-39

Letter no.11 of 1852 from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to James McAlister, Civil Surgeon, Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 40

Letter no.19 of 1852 from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 41

Letter from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Major Hart, Commanding Marine Battalion, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 42

Letter from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to Major Hart, Commanding Marine Battalion, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 43-45

Letter from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to The Officer, Commanding Marine Battalion, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 46-47

Letter from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to The Officer, Commanding Marine Battalion, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 48

Letters of recommendation for Residency staff members, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 49-50

Letter no.15 of 1852 from John Taylor, British Agent at Basra, to Captain Arnold Kemball, acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/134 f 51

Arrangement

The correspondence in the volume has been grouped under a number of headings: 1) 1852/53 Persia, Busrah [Basra], Baghdad; 2) 1852/53 Slave Trade; 3) 1852/53 Muscat; 4) 1852/53 Commerce. Each set of correspondence has its own title page. The correspondence under each heading has been arranged chronologically, from the earliest first (January 1852) to the latest last. A fifth, unnamed, category sits at the end of the file, identified in the file catalogue title as 'miscellaneous'.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is an original pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left of each verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. . There is one foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The sequence begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 52, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. The following details should be noted: f 7 is followed by f 7A; f 8 is followed by f 8A; f 23 is followed by f 23A; f 39 is followed by f 39A.

On some pages the lines of handwritten have been truncated where the pages have been later cropped, making the legibility of words at the edges of pages difficult to read. One item in the volume (f 32) is written is in cypher.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/134

Former external reference(s)

Vol 182

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Jan 1852-23 Nov 1852 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade (practice)IndigoShipwrecks

Places

PersiaBasraEuphrates River

People & organisations

King of BahrainPolitical Agent and Consul, ZanzibarCentaur, merchant shipSir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, KnightSamuel Hennell

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