Author
Arnold Burrowes Kemball
Publication Date
6 Jan 1853-2 Dec 1853 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
39
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/139
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000070
Library Location
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.
Date
6 Jan 1853-2 Dec 1853 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file is divided into two sections. The first section (folios 2-21) consists of fourteen letters from Bushire to Tehran, two letters from Bushire to Baghdad and two letters from Tehran to Bushire. The letters from Bushire are written by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to one of the following: His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary
A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'.
at the Court of Persia, Tehran; William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran; Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, Baghdad. In addition, there are two letters from William Taylour Thomson to Arnold Burrowes Kemball. Subjects covered in the first section include: British relations with the Persian Government; the state of affairs in Tangestān and Bandar-e 'Abbās; the retrieval of consignments of indigo, which formed part of the plundered cargo of the
Centaur
. The second section (folios 24-59) consists of fourteen letters from Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Squadron, to Kemball and eight letters addressed by Kemball to Robinson. Many of Robinson's letters include enclosed copies of letters from various officers of the Naval Squadron (namely Lieutenants James Tronson, Robert Anstice Stradling, Charles Golding Constable and David Rose Dakers), which include not only accounts of duties carried out in the lower end of the Gulf but also reports of intelligence received from the
native agents
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
at Sharjah and Bandar-e Lengeh respectively. Subjects covered include: attempts made by Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa‘ūd, ruler of the Second Saudi State, to obtain a tribute from the Governor of Muscat, Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id, for the Al-Bāṭinah coast; the various duties carried out by officers of the Squadron, such as seizing boats that have imported slaves into ports along the Arab coast.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
For the most part, the letters within the two divided sections proceed in chronological order, although there are several exceptions. The first section ranges in date from 6 January to 2 December 1853 while the second section ranges in date from 22 March to 8 November 1853.
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Letter No. 5: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 2
Letter No. 10: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 3
Letter No. 100: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 4
Letter No. 104: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 5
Letter No. 107: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 6
Letter No. 108: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 7
Letter from William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 8-9v
Letter No. 248: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 10-11
Letter No. 256: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 12
Letter No. 319: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 13
Letter No. 366: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 14
Letter No. 367: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 15
Letter No. 368: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 16
Letter No. 382: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 17
Letter from William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 18-19v
Letter No. 343: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 20
Letter No. 364: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson CB, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 21
Letter No. 34: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 24-25
Letter No. 42: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
8 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 26-29
Letter No. 51: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Writing from the HC Sloop
Clive
, off Sharjah, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 30-31
Letter No. 132: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 32
Letter No. 163: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 33
Letter No. 79: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, Near Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
8 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 34-37v
Letter No. 179: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 38
Letter from Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, Near Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 39-40
Letter No. 206: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 41
Letter No. 100: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 42
Letter No. 227: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 43
Letter No. 107: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Sharjah, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 44
Letter No. 228: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island]
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 45
Letter No. 104: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 46-47
Letter No. 110: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, at Sea, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 48
Letter No. 113: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 49
Letter No. 278: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, off Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 50
Letter No. 114: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 51
Letter No. 288: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, off Bushire
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, f 52
Letter No. 151: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 53-54
Letter No. 153: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 55-56
Letter No. 146: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop
Clive
, off Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
6 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 57-59
