Muscat Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Muscat Affairs
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 60 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 2 April-17 June 1847 and relate to affairs in Zanzibar and the Persian Gulf.The correspondence is primarily between: Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item]; Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Henry Miers Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.The subjects covered notably include:British peaceable action in obtaining redress from the Persian [Iranian] Government for the Imaum of Muscat [Said bin Sultan Al-Said, Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar], regarding his possessions at and near Bunderabbas [Bandar Abbas, also spelled Bunder Abbas in this volume]The Governor-General’s intention to blockade Bushire [Būshehr], on behalf of the Imaum of MuscatProgress of the agreement between the British Government and the Imaum of Muscat regarding the suppression of the trade in enslaved persons from the Imaum’s African possessions, and a significant reduction of the trade from the west coast of Africa to Zanzibar this season.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 204-205. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Slave trade
Imam of Oman - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000011_ar
81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000011_en
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 203-218
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 203-218