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Letter no.102 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎98r] (11/18)

The record is made up of 9 folios. It was created in 11 Mar 1853. 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 two discoveries of indigo, plundered from the ship Centaur in May 1852. Kemball reports that a quantity of indigo has been seized at Bahrain, by an Indian merchant at Muscat. A further discovery was made at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh].

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1. A chart (folio 96), dated 3 March 1853, detailing the weights of the seventy-nine bags of indigo recovered from Bahrain, which total 109 and three-eighths of Bahrain Maunds;

2. A statement folios (97-100) made by Khushal Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. , an Indian subject, after being asked how it happened that he brought indigo at Muscat, knowing it was plundered from the Centaur ;

3. Letter no.20 of 1853 from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 20 February 1853. Robinson reports of the appearance and seizure by the Sheikh of Bandar-e Lengeh, of eighteen bags of indigo, taken from the Centaur .

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Letter no.102 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎98r] (11/18), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 93-101, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023444616.0x00000b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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