Letter no.563 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 326-327
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 6 Feb 1855. 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 is a covering letter, with an enclosure relating to the recent import of seventy slaves into the ports of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] and Kelat on the Persian coast. The enclosure is an extract of paragraph 16 of despatch no.32 of 1854 (folio 326) from the Honourable Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 22 November 1854. The extract notes that, in spite of obtaining a confession of the importation of slaves into Kelat, the Resident’s remonstrance have yet to yield any effect. It is also noted that the chief of Bandar-e Chārak offered to give up ten slaves, stating that the reminder had been transported to territories beyond his control.
The letter and its attachment have been bound into the volume in reverse order (enclosure first, covering letter second).
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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 326-327
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- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 326-327
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- Letter no.563 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 326r:327v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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