Letter no.199 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 32-38
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The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 8 Jun 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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Kemball's letter reports that Sheikh Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Mohammed bin Khalifa]of Bahrain, having initially been open to the suggestion of mediation talks with the sons of the late Abdulla bin Ahmed, to have been supervised by the Resident, now states that such intervention by the British would be 'supererogatory'. There are two enclosures with Kemball's letter:
1) The translated substance of a letter (ff 35-37) from the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim, to Kemball, dated 3 June 1852, in which Jassim reports on a meeting with Sheikh Muhammed bin Khalifa, the Sheikh's receipt of Kemball's earlier letter, and his rejection of its contents. Jassim describes the Sheikh as being 'not of constant or faithful character'. Jassim continues that all is quiet in Bahrain, after a representative of the Guttur [Qatar] people came to settle matters with Sheikh Muhammed;
2) The translated substance of a letter (f 38) from the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim, to Kemball, dated 5 June 1852, in which Jassim reports that Sheikh Muhammed bin Khalifa has held council with his brother Sheikh Ali, the outcome of which he does not know. Sheikh Muhammed has no letter to be despatched to Kemball via Jassim at this point in time.
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- IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 32-38
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- Letter no.199 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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- 32r:38v
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