Letter from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 109-110
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 5 Jan 1854. 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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The letter is reporting the arrival of the HC Steam Frigate Auckland at Bushire; it's purpose being to collect up to date intelligence from the Resident. It notes that he has therefore delayed the vessel's return to India pending the receipt of dispatches from HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. . In the meantime, it notes that the vessel is being used to convey packets, and treasure to Bussorah [Basra] for the latter.
It further explains that the Resident's expectation that Persian policy would be guided by the operations of Turkish forces on the Danube and in Asia has been confirmed by efforts to complete the fortifications at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye].
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 109-110
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Letter from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 109-110, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051548.0x000026> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 109-110
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- Letter from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
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- 109r:110v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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