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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 [‎15r] (1/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 3 Aug 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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Report that a boat from Rusel Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] has boarded the wreck of a British merchant ship (the Centaur ) and taken her cargo, including a quantity of indigo. Kemball asks that Hamerton seek corroboration of the rumour, which has originated from a letter received by Kemball from the native agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Sharjah, a translation of which is enclosed in Kemball's letter on f 16.

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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 [‎15r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 15-16, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023318231.0x000024> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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