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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 1 Dec 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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Covering letter for two enclosures:

1) The translated extract of a report (f 67) from Hajee Jassem, the British Agent at Bahrain, to Kemball, dated 12 November, stating that a messenger has recently delivered letters to Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa from the Wahhabi Chief Amir Faisal, on the payment of zikat [tribute]. Jassim also reports on Faisal's arranged meeting with the Bedouins at Lahsah [Al Hasa];

2) The translated extract of a report (f 68) from Hajee Jassem, the British Agent at Bahrain, to Kemball, dated 19 November, describing his meeting with Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa, brother of the ruler of Bahrain. Jassim writes that Sheikh Ali says his brother has rejected the relocation of the former Bahrain ruler Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed's sons to Fars, and insists that Kuwait alone is an acceptable place for their removal.

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IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 66-68

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Letter (no.413 of 1852) from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 66-68, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x000011> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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