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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 3 Sep 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 Malet to enquire if, given that he has already arranged a gift for the Imam of Muscat's confidential secretary, the procurement of gift to the value of 2000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for the Imam himself is still required. Kemball continues that, should the gift still be required, he will require the assistance of the Government in Bombay of procuring an approriate gift ('articles of rare European or Indian manufacture or fire arms of the newest invention') since nothing of such value is to be found in Bushire. Kemball finishes by noting that an order from the Imam of Muscat for melons from Bushire has been paid for by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , at a cost of thirty-seven rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , five annas and two pies.

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IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 313-14

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Letter no.296 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 313-14, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051547.0x000077> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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