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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Apr 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 despatch to Bombay of the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris for refitting. Anderson informs Kemball of the intended return of the Tigris back to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. once refitting has been completed. Enclosed with Anderson’s letter is letter no.286 of 1854 from Captain Sir Henry Leeke, Commodore and Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, to The Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council in Bombay, dated 19 April 1854, in which it is confirmed that the Tigris will return to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on 22 April 1854.

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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 191-192

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20 Apr 1854 (CE, Gregorian)

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Duplicate letter no.1785 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 191-192, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x000027> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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