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133. ‘Muskat- Slave trade-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107336. Further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107339. The item is the fifth in a series of five items on the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].The item contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, dated 18 December 1846. The letter states that, since there are no existing agreements between the British Government and the people involved in the ‘slave trade’ that would justify the use of force to achieve the suppression or prevention of the trade, the Governor-General has no suggestions for how to achieve this goal. It also reiterates the point made by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that he does not have sufficient influence with the maritime ‘chiefs’ [of the Gulf] to persuade them to abandon the trade and that even if he could, the trade would go on to be carried out by others. The letter is forwarded on to Hennell.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5698, Draft 542/27, Vol: 5’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 47’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 107, and terminates at f 110, 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.
134. ‘Muscat – Slave Trade – Liabilities of British subjects holding slaves’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the second in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89998, 89999, 90000, 90001, and 90002). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robertson, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Rouben [Khawājah Rūbin bin Aṣlān], the British Agent at Muscat.The item concerns a query from Robertson about what to do with British subjects at Muscat engaging in the slave trade, with examples provided by Khojah Rouben. The Government of Bombay considered the question in relation to previous treaties with Muscat, and referred it to the Governor-General.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [Season 18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 165, and terminates at f 177, 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.
135. ‘Muscat. Indian Female – Emancipated by His Highness the Imaum. Vol: 6’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul in the Dominion of the Imam of Muscat; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the sixth in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns the rescue of an Indian woman named Jafran from slavery in Zanzibar by the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and her arrival in Bombay.Further detail about Jafran appears in IOR/F/4/2112/99468.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 901, and terminates at f 911, 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.
136. ‘Muscat. Soomalee slave girl. Vol: 9’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Yacoob [Haji Ya‘qūb], Acting British Agent at Muscat. It is the ninth 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/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99473, 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 Hajee Yacoob’s rescue of a Soomalee [Somali] girl from slavery, and her death soon afterwards.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 6 of No 77’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 177, and terminates at f 182, 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.
137. ‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures to this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103846.The item relates to a letter, dated 7 March 1845, from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muskat [Imam of Muscat], to the Government of Bombay, providing an update on his conversations with the Imaum with regards to ordering the authorities at Muskat to suppress the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] there. Copies of the letter are forwarded to the Government of India, the Court of Directors, and to Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 8’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 2’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 872, and terminates at f 875, 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.
138. ‘Muscat. Rescue by His Highness the Imaum of an Indian female named “Jafran” from slavery. Vol: 7’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; James Stuart Fraser, British Resident at Hyderabad; Soorajool Moolk Bahadoor [Sirāj al-Mulk Bahādur], Prime Minster of Hyderabad; Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. It is the seventh 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/4/2112/99469, IOR/F/4/2112/99470, IOR/F/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99473, 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 rescue of an Indian woman named Jafran from slavery in Zanzibar by the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], her arrival in Bombay, and a discussion of her future.Further detail about Jafran appears in IOR/F/4/2087/96925.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 4 of No 77’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 166, and terminates at f 172, 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.
139. ‘Muscat. The Barque “Kallah Kassim” Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Reuben bin Aslan, East India Company Agent at Muscat; and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth in a series of six items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2066/94846, IOR/F/4/2066/94847, IOR/F/4/2066/94848, IOR/F/4/2066/94850, and IOR/F/4/2066/94851).The item concerns:The sale of the Kallah Kassaim[ Qal'ah Qasim], which transported enslaved people while flying British colours and subsequently changed to flying the Imam of Muscat’s flag. A more detailed summary of the case of the Kallah Kassaimappears in IOR/F/4/1959/85480 and IOR/F/4/1990/88112The advance of a sum of money by Reuben bin Aslan to Lieutenant Joseph, commander of the sloop of war CooteInformation on the military strength and influence of Fysul Turky [Amir Faysal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Sa’ud, Ruler of the Second Saudi State], gathered to inform the British political approach to the region.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 73, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4548, [Season 18]44’, ‘Collection No 19 of No 20’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 415 and terminates at f 434, 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.
140. ‘Muscat. Treaties entered into with His Highness the Imaum’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 20 September 1845. The item contains correspondence from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to the Government of Bombay, with enclosed copies of treaties signed between Britain and His Highness Sultan Seid Seyeed Bin Sultan [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. The copies include:The commercial treaty concluded on 31 May 1839, ff 8-14Additional comments made in 1840 on the above treaty, ff 14-15Requisitions made by Captain Moresby of HMS Menai,with respect to the treaty concluded 10 September 1822, and the Imam’s responses, ff 16-20.Moresby’s full title is given as ‘Commissioner vested with the full powers by His Excellency Sir Robert T Farquhar, Baronet, Governor of the island of Mauritius’. Sultan Seid Seyeed Bin Sultan is also rendered as ‘Seid Said bin Sultan’.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 3 of N. 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also features a list of reference numbers for each collection within the volume IOR/F/4/2142, written in pencil.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 22, 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.
141. ‘Muscat. Convention between the Imaum of – and the French Government, relative to Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the sixth in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89997, 89998, 89999, 90000, and 90002). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat.This item concerns the visit of Jules-Charles-Marie Le Mauff de Kerdudal, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, from Bourbon [Réunion] to Muscat, and his negotiations with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. This resulted in an agreement which is reproduced in French in the item about labourers from the Imaum’s territories working in the French colonies. Hamerton had concerns that this agreement would perpetuate the trade in enslaved people.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [Season 18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 243 and terminates at f 255, 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.
142. ‘Muscat. Slave trade. Treaty entered into by His Highness the Imaum for apprehending British subjects engaged in the-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 January 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838.The item relates to a discrepancy between the English and Arabic versions of a treaty signed between Captain Moresby and the Imam of Muskat [Muscat, also rendered in text as Maskat] in 1822, regarding the obligations of the Imam to assist in the seizure of British subjects engaging in the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people]. The item contains correspondence between the Imam and Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muskat, which relates to attempts to clarify this discrepancy.The item also contains a minute by the Governor of Bombay which orders the correspondence to be sent to the Government of India, to ascertain whether the Imam’s letter can be considered as having the same authority as a treaty or agreement.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 5’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 16’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 1’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 857, and terminates at f 861, 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.
143. ‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General in Bombay; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the third 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/4/2112/99465, 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/4/2112/99473, 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 two boys liberated from slavery in Bombay, and a legal discussion over whether their ex-masters could be, or should be prosecuted for bringing them to Bombay, even though they were not intending to sell them.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 12’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 132, and terminates at f 142, 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.
144. ‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. It is the fourth in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns a proclamation which was made at Muscat by Syed Thoeenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] prohibiting the buying or selling of enslaved people from India, and a comparison of the actual proclamation with what the British had believed was the intention of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and with what the Imaum of Muscat himself had intended.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 890 and terminates at f 894, 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.