Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 7
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 27 Jul 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 a report of the retrieval in Muscat of a girl who had been sold into slavery. The recovery of the girl was made possible through the work of the Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] Ahmed bin Mallah Hussein. On being informed of the girl's arrival in Muscat by Hamerton, the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id, took charge of the girl, pledging to punish those guilty of kidnapping and selling a free person.
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- 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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- 27 Jul 1852 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/134 f 7, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673703.0x000004> [accessed 28 March 2024]
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- Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 7r:7v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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