Letter no.341 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 383-389
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The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 7 Nov 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 the alleged importation of a total of seventy slaves into the Persian ports of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] and Kelat. There are two enclosures to Kemball's letter:
1. Letter no.339 of 1853 (folios 384-87) from Kemball to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, dated 7 November 1853. Kemball writes to Robinson to report on intelligence he has received from the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] about the importation of thirty slaves into Bandar-e Charak and forty slaves into Kelat. Kemball requests the Robinson arrange for the removal of these slaves to the British depot at Bassidore. Included as part of Kemball's letter is a translation of the intelligence report from the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh (Mulla Ahmed), dated 16 October 1853, which contains information about the thirty slaves imported into Bandar-e Charak, as well as information about a woman abducted into slavery from Socotra [Suqutrá]. The translated extract of a second report from Mulla Ahmed, dated 27 October 1853, is also included with Kemball's letter. This report concerns the forty slaves landed at Kelat from Zanzibar.
2. Letter no.340 of 1853 (folios 388-89) from Kemball to Robinson, dated 7 November 1853, which concerns arrangements for the transfer of the emancipated slaves at Bandar-e Charak and Kelat to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. at Bombay, by whatever means is most practical and cost-efficient.
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Letter no.341 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 383-389, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051555.0x000066> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- Letter no.341 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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- 383r:389v
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