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Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎113v] (6/6)
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Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎113v] (6/6)

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Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 111-113

The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 23 Jan 1854. 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 reporting that the envoy — Ali ben Ibraheem — deputed by Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], to Egypt has returned. It notes that Abbas Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Viceroy of Egypt [Wali of Egypt and Sudan], has declined his offer to assume a protectorate over the island; the Chief of Bahrein wished for the refugees to be removed from Demaun [Ad-Dammān], to be freed from the ascendency of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], and freed from English control at sea.

It further reports that another of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's agents, Rustam Effendi, has arrived at Bushire, but notes that it has been established that his only object is the purchase of horses.

The item has one enclosure; a translation of a letter from Hajee Jassem, Agent at Bahrein, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 23 January 1854.

The enclosure is reporting the above information to the Resident. It also notes the presents that were presented by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the Chief of Bahrein's envoy to Egypt, and that the cost of the horses purchased by Bihjut Effendi was also recovered from the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .

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Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay [‎113v] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 111-113, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514233.0x00001d> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 111-113
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Letter No. 2 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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111r:113v
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