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Letter no.86 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [‎337v] (10/18)

The record is made up of 9 folios. It was created in 1 Mar 1854. It was written in English and Persian. 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 and its enclosures relate to the importation of slaves into Persia by the vessel Mahmoodee , and the efforts made by the Persian Commissioner for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, Meerza Mahmood Khan, to secure their release.

The following enclosures are included with Kemball’s letter:

1. A letter (folios 334 and 336) from William Taylour Thomson, His Majesty’s Chargé D’Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Kemball, dated 10 January 1854. Thomson’s letter discusses two letters relating to the importation of slaves on the Mahmoodee . Thomson states that both letters are vizirial letters, one to the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Fars, and the other to Kahn. The latter of these letters is included in the file (in Persian with no English translation, folio 335), and contains instructions to Khan to procure the slaves imported on the Mahmoodee , in conformity of the stipulations of the Slave Trade Convention. Thomson writes that the letter from the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). (enclosed with earlier correspondence of 20 October 1853) is a warning to Khan that he will be removed from his post should he continue to be remiss in his duties.

2. Letter no.54 of 1854 (folios 337-38) from Kemball to Thomson, dated 13 February 1854. Kemball writes that the vizirial letters have failed to obtain the freedom of the slaves imported on the Mahmoodee . Kemball includes two letters sent by him to Khan, dated 30 January 1854 (folio 339) and 3 February 1854 (folio 340). In the first letter Kemball enquires what progress had been made in inducing Hajee Abdul Mahomed to surrender slaves imported on the Mahmoodee . Kemball’s second letter acknowledges receipt of Khan’s reply to this enquiry (not included in the volume) which states the lack of success encountered by Khan in retrieving the slaves. Also enclosed with Kemball’s letter to Thomson is the translation of a letter (folio 341) from Hajee Mahomed Shereef, a merchant of Bushire, addressed to Kemball, dated 19 October 1853. Shereef confirms that his son consigned to him his pregnant concubine, imported from Hodeideh [al-Ḥudaydah] on the Mahmoodee , but that a male slave was not delivered.

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Letter no.86 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [‎337v] (10/18), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 333-341, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023443254.0x000066> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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