‘Muscat. Soomallee Slave boy. Vol: 7’

Title:

‘Muscat. Soomallee Slave boy. Vol: 7’

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; Rubil bin Uslan [Reuben bin Aslan], British Agent at Muscat; Yakoob bin Bushire [Yakub bin Bushehr], Acting British Agent at Muscat; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the seventh 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/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns the rescue of a Somali man named Ibrahim from slavery in Muscat by the British Agent Rubil bin Uslan, and his arrival in Bombay.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 912, and terminates at f 921, 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

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098590001.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098590001.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2087/96926
IOR/F/4/2087/96926

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