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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 6 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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Kemball writes to Robinson, forwarding a despatch as an enclosure: letter no.9 of 1852 (ff 187-88) from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commmanding the Honourable Company's brigantine Tigris , 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 6 September 1852. Tronson reports on his visit to the Arab coast under Kemball's orders (ff 117-120) to investigate the abduction and wounding of a Sharjah vessel's crew members by the crew of a vessel from Dubai. Tronson describes his conversation with the ruler of Dubai, telling the Sheikh that the captain of the boat responsible for the kidnap will be fined, and his crew given 'four dozen lashes' and 'put in irons' for a week. Kemball comments on Tronson's communications with the sheikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, in relation to reparations for violations of the Maritime Truce on the pearling banks, stating that Tronson made an error in mentioning 'corporal chastisement' as possible punishment.

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IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 186-88

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Letter no.337 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadon, Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 186-88, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x000046> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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