Muscat Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Muscat Affairs
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1850, dated 3 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 5 September to 30 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat, including. Among the subjects of discussion is the destruction by the marines of HMS Castorof barracoons at ‘Kerringe in the Mozambie River’ [Zambezi River] and the capture of the ‘Banians’ engaged in the trafficking of enslaved people in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat. This activity took place on the mainland of East Africa and involved the British forces exchanging the Sultan of Tonge [Tsonga] for the ‘Banian’ prisoners.The main correspondents are Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (also referred to as HM Consul, Zanzibar), and the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The item also features a minute from the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000015_ar
81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000015_en
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 376-395
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 376-395