‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade.’
- Date:
- 1855/1855
- 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, 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 26 February 1855-22 August 1855.The item contains correspondence between: Lawford Acland, Acting Company Solicitor, Bombay; Richard Spooner, Officiating Commissioner of Customs, Salt and Opium; and the Government of Bombay. They discuss what should be done with two ships, the Saiad[ Sa‘īd] and the Futtool Mombaruk[ Fatḥ al-Mubārak], which were seized by the Company due to their involvement in the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]. What to do with the cargo they were carrying is also discussed.There are multiple spellings for both ships' names in the text.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.9', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '7 of No. 86 of 1855.' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 631, and terminates at f 637, 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
Seizure of vessels and cargoes - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109043666.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109043666.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2614/164857
IOR/F/4/2614/164857