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Letter no.46 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎269r] (1/24)

The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 1 Feb 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 and its enclosures relate to the slave trade into Persia and British measures for its suppression. The enclosures following Kemball's letter are as follows:

1. Letter (folios 271-72) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia, to Kemball, dated 10 January 1853, in which Sheil approves of Kemball's proposals for the amount of fines to be exacted from the Arab chiefs of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Magoo;

2. Letter no.46 of 1853 (folios 273-77) from Kemball to Sheil, dated 1 February 1853, itself including a number of enclosures: a) the translation of a letter addressed to the chiefs of Bandar-e Lengeh, Magoo and Kelal, dated 28 January 1853, informing each of them of the fines imposed upon them for the involvement of their subjects in the previous season's slave trade; b) the translation of letter from Kemball to His Royal Highness Feeroz Meerza, 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, dated 1 February 1853, regarding cooperation with Ali Reza Khan in the suppression of the slave trade; c) a translation of a letter from Feeroz Meerza to Kemball, confirming arrangements for cooperation in collecting fines from the Arab chiefs of Fars;

3. Letter no.36 of 1853 (folios 278-80) from Kemball to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, dated 28 January 1853, with instructions to proceed to the ports of the Fars coast, for the exaction of fines imposed upon the chiefs of Bandar-e Lengeh, Magoo and Kelal.

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Letter no.46 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎269r] (1/24), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 269-280, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023444617.0x0000b7> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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