'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
- Creator:
- Author: Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere
- Date:
- 1868/1868
- Description:
- Abstract: Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable to Muscat), Persia's desire for a naval presence in the Gulf, the suppression of piracy, the preferred nationality of the Agent at Muscat, and the protection of British subjects trading in the region. The memorandum contains proposals for change in the way the region is administered.Several postscripts consist of extensive extracts from correspondence between Frere and John Lawrence, Viceroy of India, between 23 March 1866 and 12 June 1866. Included within this is a table of trade statistics entitled: Statement showing the Value of Trade between the Port of Bombay and Persian Gulf (including Muscat), during the last five years, viz., from 1860-61 to 1864-65, as compared with the Trade twenty years ago, in 1844-45, signed by A F Bellasis, Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, 27 March 1866.Physical description: Foliation: ff 26-37.Pagination: there is an original, printed pagination system, from 1 to 24.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
International trade
Naval affairs - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100030782395.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100030782395.0x000004_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3
IOR/L/PS/18/B2/3