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Letter no.33 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎99r] (1/2)

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 14 Feb 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 relates to previous correspondence from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , approving of Kemball’s actions in the Gulf relating to unrest in Bahrain. Anderson writes that the Government is apprehensive that its previous instructions suggested unlimited authority in using arms against the Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. forces, and that it now seeks to state that ‘warlike measures’ that could lead to the deployment of British troops cannot be sanctioned.

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Letter no.33 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎99r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, f 99, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443252.0x00000b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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