'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar'

Title:

'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar'

Date:

1870/1870

Description:

Abstract: This file contains a selection of correspondence, extracts and reports regarding the involvement of British subjects from the Princely State of Kutch [Cutch] in the slave trade in Zanzibar and attempts by the British Government to end this involvement.Much of the correspondence is from Britain's Political Agent in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Churchill and Britain's Political Agent in Kutch, Major Alexander Young Shortt. This includes translated copies of correspondence between Churchill and the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyd [Sayyid] Majid bin Said.On folio 128, the file contains a proclamation issued by the ruler of Kutch, the Maharaja Dhiraj Mirza Maha Rao Shree Praguruljee, that warns his subjects in Kutch of the penalties of being engaged in the slave trade in general and specifically in Zanzibar.Physical description: Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 107, and terminates at f 134, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Slave trade
Sultan of Zanzibar
Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar

Geographic region:

Zanzibar

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000108_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000108_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B90
IOR/L/PS/18/B90

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