Letter no.360 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 182-85
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 21 Oct 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 sent with two enclosures:
1) Letter no.295 of 1852 (ff 184-85) from Kemball to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 3 September 1852. Kemball writes to Robinson, asking whether Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr of Ra's al-Khaymah boarded Robinson's vessel on his last visit to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Kemball notes that it should be obligatory for independent chiefs of the Arab coast to board British vessels when they visit;
2) A translation of a letter from Sultan bin Saqr of Ra's al-Khaymah, to Kemball, dated 10 July 1852. Sheikh Sultan writes that, on the day in question that he was requested onboard a British vessel off the coast, it was especially hot and he was feeling weak. Sheikh Sultan requests that he be given leave to refuse requests to board British vessels if he feels unwell, with no risk of reproach.
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Letter no.360 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 182-85, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x000045> [accessed 19 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 182-85
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- Letter no.360 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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- 182r:185v
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