‘Slave Trade Vol: 3’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Slave Trade Vol: 3’
- Date:
- 1843/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Reuben bin Aslan, East India Company Agent at Muscat; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay. It is the third in a series of six items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2066/94846, IOR/F/4/2066/94847, IOR/F/4/2066/94849, IOR/F/4/2066/94850, and IOR/F/4/2066/94851).The item concerns:Investigations in Calcutta [Kolkata] into accusations against ‘Ali Abdulla of the Aden Merchantthat he bought an enslaved boy in AdenThe rescue of a boy at Judda [Jeddah] and attempts to reunite him with his family in Alleppy [Alleppey]The detention of four British Indian subjects enslaved at Muscat, and correspondence with the Acting Governor of Muscat, Syed Sooweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] on the subject.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 73, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4548, [Season 18]44’, ‘Collection No 1 of No 16’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 383 and terminates at f 414, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
- Geographic region:
- Muscat
Aden
Alleppy - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023596258.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100023596258.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2066/94848
IOR/F/4/2066/94848