Instructions to the Officer in Command of the Squadron Ordered on Duty to Aden, and the Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Persian Gulf and Red Sea Ports
Instructions to the Officer in Command of the Squadron Ordered on Duty to Aden, and the Slave Trade between the East Coast of Africa and Persian Gulf and Red Sea Ports
Date:
1841/1841
Description:
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence dated 22 to 31 March 1841.The correspondence concerns: instructions for the Officer in Command of the Squadron ordered on duty to Aden, for the purpose of strengthening British influence in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and the suppression of the slave trade between the East Coast of Africa and several ports on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.The correspondence is between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the following: the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); the Officer in Command of HM Naval Force proceeding to the Red Sea; the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Samuel Hennell); and the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton).Physical description: There is a list of enclosures, numbered 1-5, on folio 616.