‘Muscat. Treaty entered into by Captn Moresby with His Highness the Imaum regarding the apprehension of British subjects engaged in the Slave Trade. Vol: 5’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Treaty entered into by Captn Moresby with His Highness the Imaum regarding the apprehension of British subjects engaged in the Slave Trade. Vol: 5’
- Date:
- 1844/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. It is the fifth in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns the Arabic version of article 4 of the Moresby Treaty, which, unlike the English copy, does not mention the obligation of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to assist in seizing British subjects engaged in the trade in enslaved people.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 895 and terminates at f 900, 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:
- Slave trade
Treaties - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098589979.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098589979.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2087/96924
IOR/F/4/2087/96924