Letter no.30 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 328-329
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Jan 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 recent kidnap of a Soomalee [Somali] girl by the crew of a vessel from Soor [Ṣūr], and her liberation at Muscat. Kemball’s letter includes the translated extract of a letter from Khojeh Hiskale, the British Agent at Muscat, dated 29 December 1853. In his letter Hiskale states that the Somali girl’s brother has disappeared, and his whereabouts is not known. In his covering letter, Kemball proposes that he will forward the girl to the care of Government on the next available cruizer.
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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 328-329
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- 20 Jan 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.30 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 328-329, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051557.0x000056> [accessed 13 May 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 328-329
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- Letter no.30 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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- 328r:329v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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