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Letter no.165 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay [‎250r] (5/18)

The record is made up of 9 folios. It was created in 22 May 1852. 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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Letter with four enclosures; a series of correspondence between Kemball and Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , relating to the resourcing of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Indian Naval Squadron, both in terms of ships and crew, for the suppression of the slave trade. The enclosures are as follows:

1) Letter no.138 of 1852 (ff 251-53) from Kemball to Porter, dated 12 May 1852. Kemball instructs Porter to despatch the schooner Constance to the Arab coast for the purpose of suppressing the slave trade, and encloses copies of the appropriate treaties in their 'original' languages (not included in volume) for distribution;

2) Letter no.89 of 1852 (f 254) from Porter to Kemball, dated 13 May 1852, responding positively to Kemball's instructions in his last letter (ff 251-53);

3) Letter no.94 of 1852 (f 255) from Porter to Kemball, dated 17 May 1852. Porter reports that the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy has instructed the schooner Constance to be despatched from the Gulf to Bombay for refitting;

4) Letter no.157 of 1852 (f 256) from Kemball to Porter, dated 18 May 1852, Kemball responds to Porter's last letter (f 255), agreeing to the despatch of the Constance to Bombay for refitting.

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Letter no.165 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay [‎250r] (5/18), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 248-56, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051738.0x000083> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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