‘Persian Gulf – Slave Trade. Vol: 9’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf – Slave Trade. Vol: 9’

Date:

1843/1844

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 Court of Directors of the East India Company. It is the ninth 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/4/2087/96926, and IOR/F/4/2087/96927).The item concerns the exact meaning of the third article of the treaty which Hennell concluded with the chiefs of the maritime Arab tribes on 2 July 1839. Hennell justifies the words used to describe the appropriate punishment for those guilty of buying or selling Soomalees [Somalis] and that the illegality of kidnapping or stealing Soomalees is not specifically mentioned.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 934, and terminates at f 943, 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:

Treaties
Slave trade

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098590025.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098590025.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2087/96928
IOR/F/4/2087/96928

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