‘His Highness the Imaum's proposition for dividing his Dominions in the event of his death’
Date:
1844/1844
Description:
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 31 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 11 July-2 December 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to: the stated intention of the Imam of Muscat and Oman [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to leave Zanzibar to his son Saud Khalid [Khālid bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Oman to his son Saud Thuwanee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and to disinherit his eldest son Saud Hillāl [Hilāl bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; and reports that ships from the Imam’s dominions are regularly selling enslaved persons at a market in Quillimaine [Quelimane], Mozambique.The primary correspondent is the Native Agent, Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)