‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Naval force requisite for the suppression of the -.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Naval force requisite for the suppression of the -.’
- Date:
- 1852/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 20 July 1854. The enclosures are dated 7 October 1852-July 1854. It is the first in a series of twelve items about the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].The correspondents are: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; Rear Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy; and Commander John William Young, Commanding the Company’s steam frigate Queen.The item concerns a letter from the Court of Directors, an extract of which, dated 1 March 1854, is included in the item, requesting information about a previously stated plan to employ the Queenin the Gulf to stop the ‘slave trade’. The activities of the Queenare reported, and suggestions made as to the number of vessels that are required to effectively suppress the ‘slave trade’.The item contains a table of contents (ff 570-571), and the title page (f 569) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘1045/54’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 49 of 1854’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 569 and terminates at f 584, 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
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108939675.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108939675.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2580/153765
IOR/F/4/2580/153765