‘Slave Trade’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Slave Trade’
- Date:
- 1843/1843
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at Muscat. It is the fifth in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92121, and 92122).The item concerns:Reuben Aslan’s rescue of an Indian woman, two Indian children, and a Somalee [Somali] child at Muscat, and their statementsThe uncooperative attitude of Syed Soowenee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id, Acting Governor of Muscat] towards Reuben Aslan and his attempts to emancipate enslaved peopleThe rescue of an Indian boy at Judda [Jeddah]The rescue of a Hyderabadi girl and a discussion of ways to eliminate the trade in kidnapped children from that area to the GulfThe sudden imposition of an import levy on goods landed from Arab ships at MauritiusThe wreck of the Sir James Cockburnand the hospitality shown to the crew by Syed SooweneeThe legality of purchasing enslaved people for the purpose of emancipation.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 5’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 88 and terminates at f 186, 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:
- Abduction
Slave trade
Governor of Muscat - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001812.0x000031_ar
81055/vdc_100000001812.0x000031_en
IOR/F/4/2034/92123
IOR/F/4/2034/92123