‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’
- Date:
- 1845/1845
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures to this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103846.The item relates to a letter, dated 7 March 1845, from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muskat [Imam of Muscat], to the Government of Bombay, providing an update on his conversations with the Imaum with regards to ordering the authorities at Muskat to suppress the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] there. Copies of the letter are forwarded to the Government of India, the Court of Directors, and to Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 8’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 2’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 872, and terminates at f 875, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman - Geographic region:
- Muskat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098442430.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098442430.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2157/103845
IOR/F/4/2157/103845