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109. ‘Judda Slave Trade Alleged sale of slaves at the port of Judda by a shopkeeper in Bombay.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 21 May 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the second in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item contains an extract of a letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bombay, dated 21 January 1852, concerning the recent investigation by Lieutenant Adams into the sale of enslaved women at Judda [Juddah] and a related allegation against a nacoda [nakhuda], Mahomed bin Mahomed Bhagshwar [Muḥammad bin Muḥammad Bāgeshwar or Baghshūr? Also rendered in text as Baghsmer and Baghswer]. The item also contains the subsequent minutes and resolutions made by the Government, as well as copies of letters sent out to Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden, and the Acting Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay. Additionally, the item contains the response from Haines, which gives brief details on where enslaved people are taken from and where they are sold.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 5 of No. 63 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 773, and terminates at f 777, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
110. ‘Judda ~Slave Trade~ Relative to the alleged sale at Judda, of certain female slaves by a shopkeeper of Bombay.~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 October 1851 and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. It is the third in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item concerns the results of an investigation into how a vessel holding a British register was able to travel from Bombay [Mumbai] to Aden, despite having enslaved people on board. The investigations relate to accusations against Hajee Rujub Ali Heeratee [Ḥājjī Rajab ‘Alī al-Hirātī] who is accused of trafficking enslaved people to Judda [Jeddah]. Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, reports to the Government of Bombay on the investigation and provides details on the administrative process of clearing vessels to leave the port. The item also contains the Advocate General's response to the issue.The item also includes a letter, dated 11 February 1850, from Captain Stephen Lushington, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to Lord Viscount Falkland, President and Governor of Bombay, regarding the correct procedure for naval officers to follow when reporting to political authorities.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 3 of No 82', but 'No 3 of No 82' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 699, and terminates at f 707, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
111. ‘Judda. Alleged Sale of Certain female Slaves by a Shop Keeper Resident at Bombay at- named Hajee Rujub Ali Haratie~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 January 1850, and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. It is the second in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item relates to the results of a recent mission to Juddah [Jeddah] by Lieutenant G N Adams, Commanding the Company schooner Constance. It includes:Details about his investigation into the alleged sale of enslaved people at Juddah organised by Haj Rijeb Ali [Ḥājjī Rajab ‘Alī al-Hirātī], a shopkeeper in Bombay [Mumbai], and carried out by this man's agent, Syud Abdulla [Sayyid ‘Abdullāh]Names and status of the people alleged to have been sold, as well as transcripts of interviews with them and with Syud AbdullaStatements provided by witnesses in Bombay and Juddah, including Mahomed ibn Abdool Russool [Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Rasūl]Instructions sent by Haj Rijeb Ali to Syud AbdullaDetails about Adams's investigation into complaints made by British Indian merchants regarding their poor treatment at the hands of the Turkish [Ottoman] authorities at JuddahDiscussions regarding the failure of the Turkish Government at Juddah to return the salute of a Company steamerSummaries of conversations Adams had with Alexander Ogilvie, the British Vice Consul at Juddah, and Hasyb Mohamed Pashah [Ḥasīb Muḥammad Pāshā], Governor of the Hedjaz [Hejaz], as well as copies of their correspondenceConcerns that the enslaved people interviewed were coached by Syud Abdulla and that Hasyb Mohamed Pashah was given money by a broker involved in the alleged saleBrief updates on Mocha.The item also contains:Comments on Adams's reports by the Government of Bombay and by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, who had originally requested naval officers to investigate the above casesGovernor of Bombay's instructions to the Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay, to pursue further lines of enquiry into the alleged sale and requesting details about the process of examining vessels before their departure from BombayGovernor of Bombay's request to the Commodore and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, that naval officers' political reports should be sent direct to political, rather than naval, authorities.As well as the above, correspondents include: Shaim Ackmut Effendi [Chaim or Ḥāyyīm Aḥmad Effendī], Officiating Governor at Juddah; Khawaja Thomas [Khawājah Tūmā Mekalakki?], merchant; and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Consul General in Egypt.The item contains multiple spellings of multiple personal names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 1 of No 9', but 'No 1 of No 9' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 668, and terminates at f 698, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
112. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles July 17.1856
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (3 June 1856, Number 1856, Number 23) and the Government of Bombay (10 June 1856, Numbers 41-44). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatch from the Governor General (folios 39-42r) is concerned with discrepancies in reports of the occupation of Ghorian and Herat by Persian forces. It also contains discussion about whether Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Regent of Herat] is collusion with the Persian Government.The section from Bombay (folios 42v-45) contains material on measures for the suppression of the importation of slaves into the Arabian Coast, evasion by dhows of the blockade of Berbera, and a letter from Hart Sahib relaying recent events in Herat and requesting British assistance.Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
113. ‘Bushire letters out 1848 PT 1 Bushire letters out 1848 PT 2’ Vol 162 Outward letter book, 1849
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of letters sent in 1849 by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay Castle and to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran.In May and June 1849, Major Hennell undertook his annual tour of the Trucial Coast Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf, aboard the Honourable Company (HC) sloop of war Elphinstone(folios 90-91, 93, 25, 201). During Hennell’s absence from the British Political Residency at Bushire, his official correspondence was carried out by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Assistant Resident.The correspondence is predominantly political, discussing events in the Persian Gulf in terms of their significance for British foreign policy, relations and interests in the region. The main topics of discussion are: British suppression of piracy and slave trafficking in the Persian Gulf, relations between the Arab Maritime Chiefs of the Trucial Coast, the Imam of Muscat and the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd], relations between British and Persian authorities in Shiraz and Bushire.Many of the Resident’s letters to the Bombay Government refer to enclosures, the majority of which are present in the volume, including several documents dated 1848 and one document dated 1846 (folios 4-5). Among the enclosures are copies of the Resident’s Arabic and Persian correspondence with agents, officials and rulers. These are in the form of English translations only.MUSCAT: Khojeh Hiskael the British Government Native Agent at Muscat, Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwayni bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id] the Governor of Muscat and the Imam of Muscat [Sa`id bin Sultan Al Sa‘id] correspond with the Resident about the importation of African slaves by sea from Zanzibar to Muscat; the contemplation of an attack on Bahrain by the Imam of Muscat at the request of Bahrain seceders; alleged aggressions against the territories of the Imam of Muscat by Sheikh Syf ben Humood [Sayyid Syf bin Ḥamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Sheikh Sultan ben Sugger [Sultan bin Saqr] of Rysulkhyma [Ras Al-Khaimah] (folios 131-135, 231-231).BAHRAIN: Hajee Jassem the British Government Native Agent at Bahrein and Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] the Chief of Bahrein correspond with the Resident about piracy in Bahrein; the death in Muscat of ex-Chief of Bahrein Abdoollah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] on 6 March 1849; the restoration of peace in Bahrain following the settlement of Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa’s quarrel with Bahrain seceders and his reconciliation with rival tribal leaders; the plans of Ameer Fysul [Al Sa‘ud, Amir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah] the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd] to recover possession of Brymee [Buraimi] and rebuild Adeed [Khor al-Udaid] (folios 6-9, 37-38, 48, 55-56, 60-61, 140-142, 170-171, 198-199, 260, 283-284).SHARJAH: Moollah Houssein the British Government Native Agent at Shargah forwards to the Resident a reply he has received from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur of Rysulkhyma about the importation of African slaves into Shargah; he also sends several reports to the Resident about various matters, including the siege of Brymee and its eventual surrender by Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan] the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to the forces of Ameer Fysul the Ruler of Nedgd (folios 10-14, 19-21, 42-44, 52-53, 58, 154-157, 161-164, 166-168, 207-208).OMAN: Ameer Fysul the Ruler of Nedgd and the Shereef (Sharif) of Mecca correspond with the Resident about Sheikh Saeed Tahnoon's seizure and eventual surrender of Brymee (folios 27-28, 58-59, 164-165).SHIRAZ: Meerza (Mirza) Mahmood the British Government Native Agent at Shiraz sends several reports to the Resident about the gradual restoration of public order in Shiraz, following the arrival of Prince Bahram Meerza the new Governor of Fars, on 3 February 1848 (folios 14-17, 40-41, 89-90, 92).BUSHIRE: the Resident corresponds with Prince Bahram Meerza the Governor of Fars about excessive amounts of Persian import duty demanded from Bushire merchant Joseph Malcolm, for imported sugar landed at Bushire in a British merchant ship (folios 64-67, 78, 95-96, 227-228). The Resident also corresponds with Sheikh Nasir Khan the Governor of Bushire about a runaway slave belonging to a Persian subject, seeking refuge aboard a British merchant ship in the port of Bushire (folios 63-64, 193). There are also copies in English of petitions, hearing transcripts and witness statements, relating to two separate and formal investigations conducted by the Resident at Bushire into: the plundering of a shipwrecked Persian vessel in May 1848, including correspondence with Sheikh Syf ben Nubhan, Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (folios 274-277); stolen goods passed to a Bushire merchant (folios 237-247).Physical description: The original volume cover and cover title no longer exist. The contents have been rebound in two volumes. An identical volume title, together with part number 1 or 2, is printed on the spine of both volumes.Foliation: the contents in the volume labelled Part 1, are numbered 1-67, 68, 68A, 69-148. The contents in the volume labelled Part 2, are numbered 149-300. Folio number 286 is blank. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right corner and encircled. The cover and the two blank folios at the front and back of each volume are unnumbered. This is the main numbering system and should be used for referencing these two volumes.Pagination: the contents in the volume labelled Part 1 are also numbered 1-141, 142, 142a, 143-297. The contents in the volume labelled Part 2 are also numbered 298-570. The numbering is written in ink in the top right or left corner on the recto and verso respectively.
114. ‘Letters outward’
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of letters, many with copies of their enclosures, sent by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel Hennell, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay. The letters deal with a range of subjects, as follows:The extent of the slave trade between Mauritius and Muscat, and in the Persian Gulf in general (folios 1-5);Relations between the various rulers on the Arab coast and Oman, including a siege led by the Imam of Muscat’s forces against the town of Sohar, the failure of the siege and renewal of peaceful relations between Muscat and Sohar (folios 10-13, 30-33, 38-43); hostilities and subsequent peaceful relations between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras el Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Shaikh Tahnoon ben Shakboot [Tahnun bin Shakbut] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] (folios 44-45, 48-52), relations between the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī] Shaikhs and the ruler of Sohar, Humood bin Azan (folios 64-65). Many of these letters enclose translated reports from the British Agent at Sharjah, Moolla Hussain, and the translations of letters from Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Shaikh Tahnun bin Shakbut and others;Reports on the ambitions of the Wahabee [Wahhābī] ruler Toorky bin Saood [Turki bin ‘Abdullāh bin Muḥammad Āl Sa‘ūd], and in particular to his demands on and relations with Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout), his desire to be on good terms with the British Government, and his diplomatic overtures to the Arab Shaikhs (folios 6-9, 16-20, 46-47, 53-56);Report of the proceedings of the Brig of War Euphratesduring February 1831, signed by Acting Commander Denton. The report lists its orders received shown alongside actions taken, in left- and right-hand columns (folios 14-15);The dispatch to Bombay of tobacco seeds, with instructions for their propagation (folios 26-29);The dispatch to Bombay of silkworm eggs, with a description of how silkworms are raised in Persia (folios 60-61);The establishment of the first lithographic press in Shiraz (folios 62-63).As a result of the volume having been significantly weeded in the past, there are multiple instances of truncated letters throughout the volume, most of which are identifiable by them having been crossed out in blue and occasionally red pencil.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from the first page of text to the last blank page at the end of the volume, using small pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto. There is an unfoliated flyleaf before f.1 at the front of the volume. The front and back covers are unfoliated. Foliation anomalies: f.36 precedes f.35.Pagination: An original system of pagination runs through the volume, from the first to last page of text, using ink numbers in the top-left corner of versos and top-right corner of rectos. This pagination runs from p.23 to p.487 which numerous disruptions throughout, which are a result of past weeding of the volume.
115. ‘LETTERS FROM THE E.I.C. RESIDENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF 1842-43 FROM AGENT IN SYRIA 1842-43 FROM AGENT WITH IMAUM OF MUSCAT 1842-43’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters to the Secret Committee of the East India Company from: Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, in charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in Syria, Richard Wood and H Moore; and the East India Company’s Agent with the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat (also spelled Muskat in this volume), Captain Atkins Hamerton. The letters to the Secret Committee are dated 10 January 1842 to 13 April 1844.Letters from the Residency in the Persian Gulf discuss affairs at Karrak [Kharg Island], in particular: the evacuation of Karrak by British troops; the apparent apprehension of the island’s inhabitants at the prospect of the island being delivered up to the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], Sheikh Nasser [Shaikh Nāṣir, also spelled Nassir in this volume]; the proceedings of a man who had arrived on Karrack as a deweish [dervish], claiming to be Jehan Loz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], a son of the late Futtih Allee Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran], and stating that he had opposed the accession of the present King [Shāh] of Persia.The letters from the Residency also discuss affairs in Persia including: the Residency moving back to Bushire; the visit of the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz] to Bushire; and the King of Persia having expressed ‘a real or pretended jealousy’ at Robertson choosing staying at Karrack after he had received a firman from the King permitting him to reside at Khoormooj [Khormoj] during the summer.Other matters discussed in the letters from the Residency include:Affairs in Nedjd [Najd, also spelled Nedgd in this volume], including Abdoolla bin Sooneyaun [Amīr ‘Abdullāh bin Thunayān Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled Abdoolah bin Sooneyan] declaring himself Ruler of NedjdA French corvette, La Favourite, visiting the Persian Gulf on a roving cruiseRobertson’s attempts to suppress the traffic in ‘slaves’ [trade in enslaved people] between Africa and the GulfThe dispute between the ‘Chief’ of Aboothabee [Ruler of Abu Dhabi], Khuleefa ben Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], and Sultan ben Suggur of Sharga [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]The renewal of the annual maritime truceRobertson reporting the apparently wide-spread belief amongst inhabitants of the Persian Gulf that Britain intends to acquire territory in the GulfAffairs in Bahrein [Bahrain], including murders committed by parties contending against each other.There is also an enclosed memorandum from Robertson to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay on British influence in the Persian Gulf (ff 23-26).Letters from HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in Syria relate to matters including:The cessation of the hostilities which had broken out between the different sects which inhabit the district of Mount Lebanon (following the intervention of the Seraskier Mustafa Pasha [Muṣṭafá Pāshā] at the head of a commission from Constantinople [Istanbul])Transmission of mail, including the local government at Damascus having established a post from Damascus to Beyrout [Beirut], and their apparent intention of establishing one from Damascus to Bagdad [Baghdad], in competition with the East India Company’s line of communication between the Persian Gulf and Beyrout through SyriaNegib (or Nejib) Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā] being removed from the Pashalic [Pashalik, or Eyalet] of Damascus to the Government of Bagdad and Ally (or Aly) Pasha [‘Alī Riḍā Pāshā] of Baghdad being appointed to the Pashalic of DamascusInsurrection in the ‘districts’ of Orfa [Urfa or Rakka] and Mesopotamia [Iraq].Letters from the East India Company’s Agent with the Imaum of Muscat discuss matters including:The intention of the Imaum of Muscat, Saeid bin Sultan [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], to send his ship Sultaneh to London with letters of petition to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the Earl of Aberdeen (British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and Lord Palmerston (enclosed), in an effort to modify in his favour the position of the British Government on the suppression of the ‘slave trade’Hamerton reporting attempts by the American Consul and ‘the American party’ at Zanzibar to negatively influence the Imaum’s views against Hamerton and the East India CompanyThe Imaum requiring the principal ‘native’ merchants at Zanzibar, who are Indian British subjects, to sign a declaration making themselves citizens of Zanzibar, foregoing their British subject status and British protectionThe fears of the Imaum of Muscat about French encroachments on his African possessions, following the inhabitants of the island of Nos Beh [Nosy Be] being induced to end their allegiance to the Imaum and place themselves under French protection.Letters from Robertson include some enclosed letters: translated copies of letters from Abdoolah bin Sooneyan and Sayd bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] to Sultan bin Suggur; and letters from Robertson to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay and HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.Enclosures in letters from Richard Wood include a letter from Wood to HM Consul and East India Company Agent at Bagdad Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor.Enclosures in letters from Hamerton include: letters from Hamerton to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; translated copies of letters from Queen Smeko [Tsiomeko] of the Sackalavee [Sakalava] tribe on the island of Nos Beh to the Imaum of Muscat; a memorandum by Hamerton on the extent to which the ‘slave trade’ is carried on by subjects of the Imaum of Muscat at Zanzibar and the coast of Africa under the dominion of the Imaum of Muscat (ff 127-132); and a report on French proceedings in the territories of the Imaum of Muscat (ff 133-140).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 229; 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 pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 8-157; these numbers are written in ink and are not circled.
116. ‘Letters inward; `diaries of Captain Hamerton’s proceedings at Sharjah’’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other papers received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf during 1840. The principal correspondents are Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Commander Anthony H Nott of the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris, and Captain Atkins Hamerton, Political Agent at Muscat from May 1840.Key subjects covered by the correspondence are:Captain Hamerton’s reconnaissance to Bryeemee [Al Buraymī] in January 1840. This includes diary entries for the period 27 November 1839 to 6 January 1840, covering Hamerton’s preparations for his trip at Sharjah (folios 1-10), and a report on Hamerton’s trip to Sharjah, Al Buraymī and Saha [Sohar?], containing descriptions of Al Buraymī, its fort, defences, population, resources, communications (folios 28-39);Discussions between British officials and naval officers relating to the mooring of vessels in the Bushire roads, the recruitment of pilots at Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] and rates of pay for pilots;Affairs and incidents at Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) and the Arab coast, reported by Brucks;Correspondence from Hamerton, now in his post as Consul and Political Agent at Muscat, on proposals for cooperation between the British fleet in the Persian Gulf, and the Imam of Muscat’s [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān] fleet, including a description of the Sa‘id bin Sulṭān’s fleet (folios 48-51);Correspondence relating to the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, including ‘reports of guard’, forwarded by Commander Nott of the Tigris, containing details of the slave found on vessels flying under the Muscat or Arab flag, with details of the numbers of slaves found, gender and age, their origins, price, the duty paid on them, and profits made from the slave trade at Muscat, Bushire and Bussorah [Basra] (folios 80, 86-90, 100-06).Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio before the back cover, on number 109. Foliation anomalies: f 3 is followed by f 3A; f 8 is followed by f 8A; f 44 is followed by f 44A; f 82 is followed by f 82A.Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.
117. ‘Visit of Lieut’t Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to Berbera’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 13 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 November 1847-6 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a visit to Berbera by Lieutenant C J Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, with the hopes of improving relations with and between the Aial Ahmed and Aial Unus [Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nur, sub-clans of the Habr Awwal], and to meet with Hadi Ali Shermarkhi Saleh [Haji Shermarke Ali Saleh], Governor of Berbera and Zeyla [Zeila]. The correspondence also references efforts to end the trade in enslaved persons in the Gulf, including the seizure of a ship believed to belong to Shermarkhi. The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and Assistant Political Agent at Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
118. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-12 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 4 January-11 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: a planned visit to Berbera and Ras Haffoon [Ras Hafun] by the Assistant Political Agent at Aden, to assess the situations there and the trade in enslaved persons from Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; and a visit to Aden by Ahmed M Houssain Fudthel [Sultan Ahmad bin Muhsin al-'Abdali], Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]. The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
119. ‘Aden - Slave Trade’
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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 [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. It is the fourth in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92121, and 92123).The item concerns:An accusation that 'Ali 'Abd Allah from Aden purchased a boy and took him to Calcutta [Kolkata], and the subsequent investigationAccusations that 'Abd Allah 'Ali imported enslaved people from Zanzibar to Aden, and the subsequent investigationThe punishment of those convicted of importing enslaved people into AdenThe emancipation of three Abyssinian boys at AdenA request by Haines that an armed cutter be positioned to intercept vessels carrying enslaved people into Aden.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 46 and terminates at f 87, 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.
120. ‘Aden. Detention of a Kotia named Runchore Pursand by the Hon’ble Company’s Brig of War “Euphrates”. Vol: 12.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay; Lieutenant Alexander Henry Gordon, Commanding the Honourable Company’s brig of war Euphrates; and Commander Carless, Senior Naval Officer at Aden. It is the twelfth in a series of seventeen items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2112/99462, IOR/F/4/2112/99463, IOR/F/4/2112/99464, IOR/F/4/2112/99465, IOR/F/4/2112/99466, IOR/F/4/2112/99467, IOR/F/4/2112/99468, IOR/F/4/2112/99469, IOR/F/4/2112/99470, IOR/F/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99474, IOR/F/4/2112/99475, IOR/F/4/2112/99476, IOR/F/4/2112/99477, and IOR/F/4/2112/99478).The item concerns the seizure of the kotia [kutiyya] Runchore Parsandby Lieutenant Gordon because there were three enslaved women on board. The circumstances of why the women were on board is discussed, and the item contains depositions from those involved in the case.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 872/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5013, Collection No 1 of No 55’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 202, and terminates at f 223, 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.