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1. ‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the third in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25777 and 25778). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay; the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus.The item concerns:Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen’s acceptance of the cessation of Bombassa [Mombasa] and the subsequent dispute with the ImaumThe history of relations between Oman and BombassaThe state of the Gulf, alliances and enmities in the Gulf, and the possibility of peaceThe history of relations between Britain and Oman, especially the implications of the 1798 treaty of friendshipThe state of the slave tradeThe terms on which the Imaum is prepared to ban the slave trade entirely in his territories.The following folios are duplicates of those in IOR/F/4/785/21163: ff 4-6; 13-37; 45-50; 53-59.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 943, Draft 8, P.C. 423, [Season] 1827/28’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at f 133, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘Slave Trade at Zanzibar the Mauritius etc’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay; the Governor of Mauritius, Robert Farquhar; Captain Fairfax Moresby of HMS Menai.The item concerns the abolition of the slave trade and particularly the negotiations, treaties, and agreements about the slave trade with the following: Radama, the King of Madagascar; the Haukim [Hakim] of Zanzibar, Sueed Ukburee [Sa’īd Akbari]; the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and Oman [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the Governor of Bourbon [Réunion], Pierre Bernard Milius.The item describes the treaty Farquhar concluded with Radama, the King of Madagascar, who signed it on 11 October 1820, agreeing to prohibit the sale and exportation of slaves from Madagascar, and stop the attacks on the King of Johanna [Anjouan].There is a discussion of the legal issues of the French and British capturing each other’s ships with slaves on board, including the British captures of LeSuccesand L’Eleanore, and the French captures of Espoirand Favorite, with a discussion of the Amediecase from 1810. The possibility of the French forming depots at Providence and St Marie, Madagascar is also mentioned, as is the accidental seizure of two of the Imaum’s ships by the Psyche.The main focus of the item is the treaty Moresby negotiated with the Imaum of Muscat in 1822, whereby the Imaum agreed that no slave should be sold to Christians from his territory, including Zanzibar, and that vessels carrying the Imam’s flag might be seized if they were carrying slaves east of the Moresby line (the line from Cape Delgado to Diu). The British were allowed to establish agents in the Imaum’s territory to enforce the treaty.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 12, Draft 496, P.C. 154, [Season] 1823/4’ and ‘Examiner’s Office 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 18, and terminates at f 187, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
3. ‘A journell for this p[re]sent voiage being bound by gods assistance to Sirratt in the East India, in the good shippe London […] Captaine Mathew Wills Comaunder by me James […] Birkedell Maisters Mate’
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- Abstract: This volume consists of the journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship London(the commander of which was Captain Matthew Wills) from England to Sirratt [Surat] and back to England, recorded by the Master’s Mate James Birkdell. The entries are dated 12 March 1639 to 17 July 1640.Birkdell records the ship setting sail from Tilbury for the Downes [Downs] on 12 March 1636, and its arrival in the Downs on 15 March. Following the ship’s departure from the Downs on 25 March 1639, the entries record the ship anchoring in the following places: St Lawrence [St Augustine’s Bay, Madagascar] (7 to 17 July 1639); Johanna [Anjouan] (30 July to 16 August 1639); Swalley [Suvali, Surat] (16 to 24 September 1639); Gomeroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (11 to 24 November 1639); Swalley Hole (16 December 1639 to 29 January 1639 [New Style date 29 January 1640]); and St Hellena [Saint Helena] (21 to 29 April 1640). The ship then anchored in the Downs on 8 July 1640, before sailing from the Downs and anchoring at Eiriffe [Erith] on 17 July 1640.Each page of the journal is divided into five columns: days (of the month); latitude; longitude; variation; and remarks. Entries for when the ship was at sea include measurements of latitude, longitude, and variation, and remarks mostly relating to: wind direction and weather conditions, the course of the ship, and sightings and bearings of land.The journal does not include daily entries for every day the Londonwas at anchor, it mostly just records the ship’s arrival at and departure from ports. However, entries for when the ship was at St Lawrence and St Helena include remarks about the arrival and departure of other ships on days when the Londonwas at anchor in those places.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Severn: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship Severnfrom Deptford to Bombay [Mumbai] and back, (Captain Joseph Collier) 1745-1748. The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: 30 January 1746, Portsmouth; 27 May 1746, Johanna [Anjouan]; 8 July 1746, Aden; 26 July 1746, Mocha; 29 November 1746, Bombay; 17 February 1747, Mangalore; 19 February 1747, Telechery [Thalassery]; 9 April 1747, Bombay; 28 May 1747, Fort St David; 27 November 1747, Cape of Good Hope; 9 January 1748, St Helena; 22 April 1748, Kinsale; 26 May 1748, Downs.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, death of crewmembers, and general observations.The first page of the Journal is headed: 'This is my original Journall Joseph Collier' Witnessed by Robert James and received on 28 June 1748.The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks], H [Hour], and Weather; when the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The log provides navigational information, notes of sightings of other vessels, and general remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style and New Style years.A list of the ship's officers and crew is on folios 1-3, noting various events such as 'died at sea', 'turned Mohammedan [Muslim] at Mocha', 'run [away] at Cape of Good Hope'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 166; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. Aden Affairs and Other Matters
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1847, dated 15 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 9 November-15 January 1847.The item comprises resolutions on letters from the Secret Committee received by the HC [Honourable Company’s] steamer Aucklandon 2 January 1847, and subsequent correspondence between: Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of India; and the Post-Master General, Bombay. Also included is a minute of the President and Governor and the members in Council, Bombay.The papers cover the following matters:A document entitled ‘Heads of Instructions for the Police Magistrate at…’ (not included), forwarded by the Secret Committee, requesting the authorities in India to ascertain if the guidance can be made applicable to AdenAn enquiry, by the Secret Committee, as to whether the authorities in India have received any communication from the King of Johanna [Anjouan] regarding his claim to the Island of Mayotte now occupied by FranceConfirmation by the Post-Master General that he has received from England forty spare lids for the iron mail boxes (passing between England and India and through France), that he intends to request a further supply, and requesting instructions concerning the disposal of 155 old lids.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)