Letter no.13 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 259-268
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The record is made up of 11 folios. It was created in 11 Jan 1853. It was written in English and Persian. 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 and its enclosures relate to British pressure on the Persian authorities to suppress the slave trade in Persian ports.
The following enclosures are included with Kemball's letter:
- A letter (folios 260-62) from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia, to Kemball, dated 10 December 1852;
- The translation of document (folios 262v-263)
- Letter no.426 of 1852 (folios 264-66) from Kemball to Sheil, dated 14 December 1852;
- Letter no.11 of 1853 (folios 267-68) from Kemball to Sheil, dated 11 January 1853.
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- 11 folios
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- English and Persian in Latin and Arabic 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 259-268
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- 11 Jan 1853 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.13 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 259-268, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051555.0x00004a> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/138, ff 259-268
- Title
- Letter no.13 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
- Pages
- 259r:263v, 263ar:263av, 264r:268v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence