Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-4 to dispatch no. 8 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1861. The enclosures are dated 26 November 1860 to 25 February 1861. Received 19 April 1861.The first enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, HM Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, which describes the involvement of a relative of the Sultan of Zanzibar in the slave trade; the second is a resolution by the Honourable Board to support the payment of an allowance to a member of the Arab community at Zanzibar who was monitoring the slave trade there on behalf of the British.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-6 to dispatch no. 12 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 April 1861. The enclosures are dated December 1860 to April 1861. No date of receipt given.The enclosures consist of reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, HM Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, informing the Government of Bombay that a French religious mission had arrived in Zanzibar, and that the Sultan of Zanzibar had handed over a slave trading vessel to a British warship. The reports are accompanied by resolutions of the Honourable Board.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 21 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 30 April 1860. The Enclosures are dated 11 February-30 April 1860. Received 20 June 1860.The Enclosures include reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, concerning the liberation of a large number of male and female slaves illegally held by British Indian subjects at Zanzibar; copy of notice prohibiting the possession of slaves by British subjects in Zanzibar; resolution of the Honourable Board approving Rigby's actions; report by Rigby concerning acts of piracy committed by boats from the coast of Oman and the Persian Gulf, with the object of procuring slaves at Zanzibar; and resolution by the Honourable Board to ask the Secretary of State for India to assign a steam vessel to check piracy and slave dealing at Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 29 November 1859-3 January 1860. Received 5 April 1860.The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, dated 29 November 1859, covering: the arrival there of a vessel flying Spanish colours, which was clearly involved in the slave trade; the actions of the Sultan of Zanzibar to prevent the vessel from engaging in slaving operations; copies of letters from a Spanish citizen who was involved in the slave trade; and copies of letters (in French only) from the French Consul. There is also a further report from Rigby on these and other matters, dated 3 January 1860.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-5 to dispatch no. 18 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 11 May 1861. The enclosures are dated August 1860 to March 1861. Received 5 June 1861.The enclosures consist of: a report by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, in charge of the Muscat-Zanzibar Commission, concerning the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa (dated 5 October 1860); a resolution of the Honourable Board concerning Coghlan's report (dated 28 March 1861); and a report on Zanzibar affairs by Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, HM Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar (dated 28 August 1860), including references to the French presence at Zanzibar, and the execution by the Sultan of Zanzibar of the murderers of a (non-Muslim) European.Physical description: 1 item (47 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 108 of 1846, dated 29 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 28 August-24 September 1846.The papers comprise a report by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imaum] of Muscat, based in Zanzibar, to the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Hamerton reports the Imaum’s ‘intimation to his Officers at his ports on the Coast of Africa and other places within his Dominions, and to the chiefs in the Persian Gulf in conformity with the provision of the Treaty concluded between His Highness and the British Government on 2nd October 1845, for suppressing the exportation of slaves from His Highness’ African possessions’. Also included are letters from the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, forwarding the news to the Government of India and expressing the approbation of the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1843, dated 31 October 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 September-18 October 1843.The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat including the following:The activities of the French in ZanzibarTranslation of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat reporting the proceedings of Captain Ward of the American ship
BrendaNews of an individual alleged to have been appointed American Consul at Muscat.The main correspondents are the following: HM Consul and HC Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton), and the Native Agent at Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1840, dated 24 August 1840.A note in black ink states that enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter, Number 58, dated 24 August 1840, are missing from this collection.The enclosures to No. 59 are dated 26-27 July 1840 and consist of correspondence relating to the appointment of a Consul to the Imam of Muscat.Correspondents include the Imam of Muscat and the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1846, dated 28 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 24 April 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of HH the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item], based in Zanzibar, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.In his despatch Hamerton reports on the friendly relations for some time existing between himself and the Imam, ever since the receipt by the Imam of a letter dated 27 November 1844 from Lord Aberdeen [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]. Hamerton also refers to the frequent complaints formerly made against him by the Custom Master and the Imam’s Secretary, which were the result of his ‘breaking down a system from which they and many others derived considerable pecuniary advantages’.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
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 64 of 1853, dated 28 October 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 3 June to 27 October 1853.The enclosures relate to the right of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat, also written as Mascat] to certain possessions on the east coast of Africa including correspondence with the French Consul at Zanzibar, Dr J Ludwig Krapf.Correspondents include Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul in the Dominions of the Imam of Mascat.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 17 April 1874 and received via Brindisi on 18 May 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from Captain William Francis Prideaux, Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, reporting his proceedings subsequent to the arrival at Zanzibar of Dr Murphy and his party bearing the remains of Dr David Livingstone.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503 and terminates at f 507a, 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 sequence contains five foliation anomalies: f 503a, f 504a, f 505a, f 506a, and f 507a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 7 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 11 August 1873, forwarding copies of papers regarding the provision of jail accommodation at Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 660, and terminates at f 668, 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 sequence contains three foliation insertion anomalies: f 660a, f 663a, and f 666a.