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Letter No. 104: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop Clive , off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [46v] (2/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 24 Aug 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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In this letter to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, acknowledges Kemball's letter of 2 August (no. 228, the previous item in this volume), which concerned the matter of a fine which was to be levied on a bugglah that had recently imported slaves into Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Robinson states that the HC schooner Constance has been dispatched to Lingah with Merza Futtah Alley on board. Robinson encloses a copy of a report (also dated 24 August) received from Lieutenant Robert Anstice Stradling, Commander of the Constance , in which it is stated that the Sheik of Lingah has requested that he be given four months to pay the sum of 2500 Shah keroons. Robinson states that he has advised Merza Futtah Alley to accede to this request, as the Sheik has seized all of the slaves that have been landed at his port. Robinson concludes by stating that the separate payment of the sum of 535 keroons has been adjusted between the Sheik and the Agent at Lingah. In his report, Stradling attaches a written engagement from the Sheik and a letter addressed to Robinson, both of which are not included here.
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Letter No. 104: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop Clive , off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [46v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 46-47, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517408.0x00006a> [accessed 30 April 2024]
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- Letter No. 104: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop Clive, off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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