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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 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 relates to compensation payments made by Kemball's predecessor, Samuel Hennell, to Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], in the wake of an incident of plunder against Sheikh Sultan's people. Kemball writes that, in an interview with Sheikh Sultan on his recent trip to the Arab Coast, he enquired as to whether and how the compensation had been distributed to the appropriate persons, and relates the outcome of that conversation in his letter to Malet.

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English in Latin script
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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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IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 142-143

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13 May 1853 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.127 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 142-143, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051555.0x00002a> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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