Letter no.128 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 21-25
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The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 20 May 1853. 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 concerns the tensions between Bahrain and the Wahhabi tribes under Faisal bin Turki at Dammām. Kemball reports on his interview with Sheikh Mahomed ben Khalifa [Muhammad bin Khalifa], ruler of Bahrain, with particular reference to Sheikh Muhammad's intentions to blockade the port of Demaum [Dammām] in order to prevent an invasion by adherents to his kinsmen and Wahabee [Wahhabi] forces. The translated substance of a letter from the Bahrain Agent Hajee Jassem in enclosed with Kemball's letter (folio 21, bound in front of Kemball's covering letter), dated 12 May 1853. In his letter, Jassem reports on his meeting with Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdullah, who has rejected Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa's terms of peace, insisting that only his entitlement to half of Bahrain will induce him to break off his relations with Ameer Fysul [Faisal bin Turki].
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Letter no.128 of 1853 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/15/1/138, ff 21-25, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051555.0x000009> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 21-25
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- Letter no.128 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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- 21r:25v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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