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Letter no.218 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎352r] (5/6)

The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 20 Jul 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 importation of slaves into the Arab coast from Zanzibar. The letter includes a translation of a report (folio 352) sent to Kemball by the British Agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, dated 26 June 1853, with reports that a number of boats carrying slaves had landed at ports on the Arab coast, including Rusul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], carrying an estimated total of 424 slaves. Appended to Yacoob's report is the translation of a letter (folio 352v) sent by the Imam of Muscat to Yacoob, dated 3 March 1853, in which the Imam reports of numerous vessels belonging to the 'tribes of the north' being involved in the slave trade who, he states, he had warned to no avail, about exporting slaves.

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Letter no.218 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay [‎352r] (5/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 350-352, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023444618.0x00009b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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