'Slave Trade'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Slave Trade'
- Date:
- 1845/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions which are most likely to be the enclosures to extract Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 1 December 1845 and 31 December 1845, copies of which can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838.The item relates to an agreement reached between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and His Highness Said Saeid bin Sultan, Imaum of Muskat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat, also referred to as the Sultan of Muscat] on 2 October 1845. The agreement relates to the suppression of the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people]. The item’s correspondents include: the Imaum; Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muskat; and the governments of Bombay and India.In particular, the contents relate to:The different articles of the agreementDifferences in the translations of the agreementHamerton’s report to the Earl of Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, providing details on his discussions with the Imaum in relation to the agreementAdditional articles suggested by the Imaum.Enclosures to the correspondence include: a copy of the agreement in English (ff 816-817); a copy of the agreement in both English and Arabic (ff 820-822); and a copy of the additional articles proposed by the Imaum in both English and Arabic (f 840).The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Collection Vol: 2’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 812, and terminates at f 841, 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
Treaties - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
Red Sea - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100121536808.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100121536808.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2157/103839
IOR/F/4/2157/103839