‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Relative to Slaves purchased by Natives of India.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Relative to Slaves purchased by Natives of India.-’
- Date:
- 1854/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 14 October 1854.The item contains a letter from W Howard, Acting Advocate General, to the Government of Bombay, dated 18 September 1854, in which he states his legal opinion on when British Indian subjects may be liable to British law for engaging in the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]. Howard makes reference to a specific case involving the purchase of two enslaved people at Lingha [Bandar-e Lengeh, also rendered in text as Lingah].The Government of Bombay forward a copy of Howard's letter to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.', '1 in 2 Volumes', 'Vol: 1', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4 of No. 67 of 1854.' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 521, and terminates at f 525, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
- Geographic region:
- Lingah
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109042796.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109042796.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2614/164846
IOR/F/4/2614/164846