‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Recovery of penalties from Chiefs’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Recovery of penalties from Chiefs’

Date:

1854/1855

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, two extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 January 1855 and 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 6 September 1854-20 December 1854.The item contains updates to the Government of Bombay by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the recovery of fines imposed on the sheiks [shaikhs] of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak], Kelat [Kalat], and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], for allowing the importation of enslaved people into their ports. Particular attention is given to interactions with Sheik Hassan bin Abdullah [Shaikh Ḥasan bin ‘Abdullah, text includes multiple spellings], Sheik of Charrack, including details of: the different methods of payment for the fine; the enslaved people involved and arrangements for their release; and the treatment of him by Lieutenant B H Crane, Commanding the Company ship, Constance.Correspondents include: Kemball; Crane; Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No. 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6 of No. 11 of 1855.' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 531, and terminates at f 541, 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
Fines (penalties)

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100109043049.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109043049.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2614/164848
IOR/F/4/2614/164848

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