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Letter No. 11 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎39r] (1/14)

The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 26 Oct 1852. 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 is informing the Bombay Government that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] intends to appeal against a ruling of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. . The ruling stipulated that compensation for violations of the Maritime Truce should be paid direct to the injured party, but the Shaikh is arguing that as he is responsible for his own subjects that payments should be conducted through him.

It contains an argument from the Resident that the ruling may in fact cause the British more embarrassment than it delivers in benefits, and recommends that the Resident is left to be guided by the circumstances of each case.

The item has three enclosures, arranged in reverse order:

1. List of compensation payments for violations of the Maritime Truce between 1841 and 1851 (Enclosure No. 3).

2. Translation of a letter from Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [sic], Chief of Rasel Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 30 September 1852 (Enclosure No. 2).

The enclosure expresses the Shaikh's disagreement with the Court of Director's ruling that compensation payments should go direct to the injured party. It questions how compensation can be effectively arranged without reference to subject's rulers.

3. Translation of a letter from Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [sic], Chief of Rasel Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 30 September 1852 (Enclosure No. 1).

The enclosure expresses the Shaikh's willingness to allow the terms of the Maritime Truce to remain in force, and also that he is in favour of the truce being renewed, or a lasting peace established. However, he mentions that he has an issue with the idea that compensation payments are to be made with no reference to the ruler.

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Letter No. 11 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎39r] (1/14), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 39-45, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514232.0x000050> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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