Letter no.89 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 188-189
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 2 Mar 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 relates to the movement and allocation of vessels in the Indian Navy’s Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron. Kemball writes to the Government to inform it that, based on recommendations made by Commodore Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, in a letter addressed to Kemball and dated 7 February 1854 (folio 189), the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris , which has been away from Bombay for two years, should now return to Bombay for refit, as it can be replaced by the imminent return of the schooner Constance to Bushire. In his letter Robinson writes that the despatch of the Tigris in March will allow it to return to Bombay before the monsoon season, and will also enable him to relive some “time expired” seamen.
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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/15/1/143, ff 188-189
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- 2 Mar 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.89 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 188-189, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x000025> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 188-189
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- Letter no.89 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
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- 188r:189v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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