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Letter No. 62 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire [116r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Feb 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 instructing the Resident that in the event that Persia declares war on Turkey, the steamer Akbar — currently at Bushire — should be ordered to immediately return to Bombay. It further conveys the approval of the Bombay Government over the Resident's decision to send the steamer Auckland to Bussorah [Basra], and to delay its return to India until dispatches have been received from Tehran. It also notes that if possible the Akbar should retrieve the antiquities collected by Lieutenant Colonel Rawlinson, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
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Letter No. 62 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire [116r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514233.0x000022> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117
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- Letter No. 62 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
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- 116r:117v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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