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Letter no.61 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎2v] (2/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Feb 1854. 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 concerns the plunder of a vessel from Lingah [Bandar-e Lingeh] by the inhabitants of Al Bidda on the Guttur [Qatar] coast. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter is a translation of a letter (folios 2v-3) from the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim], dated 18 October 1853, informing Kemball that the vessel, having stopped off at Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and being bound for Bahrain, was grounded in a storm on the Qatar coast. The inhabitants of Al Bidda subsequently seized twenty-seven bags of rice and a bag of coffee from the vessel’s cargo. Kemball writes that his request for compensation for the value of the cargo from Shaikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah] has ‘received ready attention’.

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Letter no.61 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎2v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 2-3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443251.0x000012> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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