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Letter No. 1 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎53v] (4/4)

The record is made up of 2 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 is informing the Bombay Government that the Resident plans to embark on his annual tour of the Arabian Coast on the 15 March 1853; the Resident is going to use the tour in order to negotiate a permanent peace among the Arabian chiefs. It states that he intends for his assistant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe to accompany him, and that he will use the Clive to undertake the trip.

It also notes that the Resident hopes that it will be possible to dispatch the Constance to the Batinah Coast [Al-Bāṭinah] in order to intercept slave ships.

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Letter No. 1 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎53v] (4/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 52-53, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514232.0x00006d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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