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Letter no.171 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [319v] (4/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 8 Jun 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 reports the recent seizure at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] of thirty-six slaves, carried out by the ruler of the town at the instigation of the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh. Kemball informs Malet that the slaves have been dispatched on the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. in Bombay, and that arrangements for disbursements (clothing, food, reinbursement to the chief of Bandar-e Lengeh] will follow. Enclosed with the letter is a translation of a letter (folios 319-29) from the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh to Kemball, dated 26 May 1853, giving his account of the retrieval of the thirty-six slaves.
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Letter no.171 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [319v] (4/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 318-320, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023444618.0x000058> [accessed 26 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 318-320
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- Letter no.171 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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- 318r:320v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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