Abstract: Six memoranda pertaining to British handling of relations between Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia. The authors are all connected to the India Office, in London, mostly members of the Council of India. Some seem to be written independently, others in response to earlier memoranda. All documents cover some or all of the following matters:The $40,000 annual subsidy that Muscat receives from Zanzibar;The murder of Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Sa‘īd, Sultan of Muscat, by his son, Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Sa‘īd, who subsequently made himself Sultan;The East African slave trade;Persia's ambitions for a naval presence in the Persian Gulf;Measures to police the Gulf;The lease of Bandar Abbas from Persia by Muscat;How the region should be administered: to what authority - Foreign Office or Government of India - are the various offices responsible to.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 46, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present between ff 18-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 9 June 1874, forwarding copies of papers relating to Zanzibar affairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 231 and terminates at f 270, 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 anomalies: f 231a, f 252a, and f 253a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 30 June 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 27 July 1874, forwarding copies of further correspondence and proceedings connected with ‘slave-dealing’ carried on by ‘natives’ of India at Zanzibar, in continuation of Despatch No. 66 of 4 April 1874 (IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 333-357).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 365 and terminates at f 381, 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 two foliation anomalies: f 366a and f 380a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 21 August 1873, forwarding copies of letters from the Political Agent and Consul at Zanzibar and the Resident at Aden respectively, which provide information regarding the Livingstone Expedition into East Central Africa, as well as news from Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 255, and terminates at f 260, 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 255a, f 257a, and f 259a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 13 October 1873, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the circumstances connected with the ratification, by the Sultan of Zanzibar, of the Treaty abolishing the trade in enslaved people. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 57 of 16 June 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 303, and terminates at f 311, 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 one foliation anomaly: f 303a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 9 October 1873 and received via Brindisi on 3 November 1873, forwarding copies of papers, chiefly correspondence and reports of HM Political Agent and Consul in Zanzibar, relating to measures for the suppression of the slave trade and the general conditions of affairs in Zanzibar. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 153 of 15 September 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 255, and terminates at f 291a, 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 anomalies: f 255a, f 273a, and f 291a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 December 1874, forwarding, for the consideration of HM Government, a copy of a letter from the Acting Political Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar on the subject of the status of ‘natives’ of India at Zanzibar, together with a copy of the reply.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 576, and terminates at f 586, 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 one foliation anomaly: f 576a.
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 14 February 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], containing intelligence from Mozambique received by the Acting Political Agent and Consul at Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 14 February 1873 and received in the India Office Secret Department on 25 June 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the capture of a slave ship off the Somali coast, bound from Pemba to Muscat, by HMS
Wolverene.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 28, and terminates at f 32, 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 one foliation insertion anomaly: f 28a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 February 1873 and received via Brindisi on 18 March 1873, forwarding a copy of a further letter from the Government of Bombay regarding the purchase of the Zanzibar slave market by a British-protected subject of Kutch, in continuation of Despatch No. 216 of 10 October 1872.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 116, and terminates at f 119, 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 2 foliation insertion anomalies: f 116a and f 118a.
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 13 March 1874 and received by the India Office on 8 April 1874, forwarding a copy of further papers relating to affairs at Zanzibar, in continuation of Despatch No. 25 of 6 February 1874.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 165 and terminates at f 184a, 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 eight foliation anomalies: f 165a, f 166a, f 171a, f 172a, f 177a, f 178a, f 179a, and f 184a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 3 January 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 1 February 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter referring to certain matters connected with the ‘Livingstone Search Expedition', in continuation of despatch No. 227[Political?]. of 18 November 1872.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 63, and terminates at f 65a, 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 two foliation anomalies: f 63a and f 65a.