Letter no.230 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/143, ff 372-377
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The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 25 Jun 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 import of slaves into the Persian port of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] last season, and arrangements to ensure that Shaikh Hassan ben Abdullah of Bandar-e Chārak fulfils the terms of the bond executed by him. The following enclosures are included with Kemball’s letter:
1. Letter no.91 of 1854 (folios 373-75) from Kemball to William Taylour Thomson, His Majesty’s Chargé D’Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, dated 15 March 1854. The letter is an account of Shaikh Hassan’s visit to Bushire, and his interviews with Kemball over the slave trade at Bandar-e Chārak. Kemball writes that, though Shaikh Hassan initially denied that slaves had been imported into his dominions, he later conceded that ten slaves had been imported and were still in Bandar-e Chārak. Kemball writes that the fine due from Shaikh Hassan is fifty Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . Included with Kemball’s letter is the translation of a written promise (folio 375) from Shaikh Hassan to Kemball, to hand over the ten slaves in his possession to the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner, Meerza Mahmood Khan.
2. Letter no.229 of 1854 (folios 376-77) 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 25 June 1854, in which Kemball requests that Robinson despatch the steam frigate Feroze to Bandar-e Chārak, with one of the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner’s deputies on board, in order to retrieve the ten slaves and fine from Shaikh Hassan.
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- Letter no.230 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 372r:377v
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