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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 May 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 writes of incidents occurring on parts of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ruled by the sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which contravene the Maritime Truce. Kemball states that he has written to Commodore Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron, asking that patrols of the coast and mouth of the Gulf be undertaken.

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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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IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 91-92

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13 May 1852 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.143 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting 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 91-92, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x00001f> [accessed 7 August 2026]

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