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Letter no.2853 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎323r] (3/4)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Jun 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 is a covering letter, with an enclosure relating to measures to suppress the slave trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The enclosed letter is letter no.437 of 1854 (folio 323) from Captain Sir Henry Leeke, Commodore and Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, to the Honourable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council at Bombay, dated 6 June 1854. Leeke’s letter is a response to proposals for the suppression of the slave trade by the Officiating 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. at Aden, Brigadier Clarke (folios 317-21). In his response Leeke states that he can offer no further suggestions for measures toward the suppression of the slave trade, beyond reiterating that he does not have the means with which to strengthen the naval squadrons either at Aden or in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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Letter no.2853 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎323r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 322-323, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443254.0x000049> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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