The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts
- Creator:
- Author: President and Governor of Bombay in Council
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 99 of 1848, dated 15 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 5 October to 14 November 1848.The enclosures consist of letters from the Political Agent at Aden (Stafford Bettesworth Haines) to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet), minutes by the Governor of Bombay subscribed to by the Board, and a letter from Malet to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. They concern the suppression of the trade in enslaved people on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts, including the opinions and suggestions of the Political Agent at Aden regarding the measures which should be adopted for achieving this, and the results of his efforts to encourage Sheik [Shaikh] Ali Shermarkhi [Hadjdji 'Ali Shermerki] of Zeyla [Zeila] to co-operate with the British Government in entirely abolishing the traffic in enslaved people within his limits.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-7, on folios 222-223. 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:
- Slave trade
Governor of Zeila - Geographic region:
- Red Sea
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000c_ar
81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000c_en
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232