Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 106 of 1842, dated 30 September 1842. The despatch is on the information supplied by the Assistant Resident, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, and Resident in the Persian Gulf, Colonel H D Robertson, on the ‘slave trade’ between Africa and the Gulf, to HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran.Physical description: 1 item (31 folios)
Abstract: This file contains the Political Agent in Muscat's fortnightly political reports to the Political Resident in Bushire. The subject matter of the papers varies widely. Significantly, they contain numerous exchanges on the slave trade, and the recognition by the Government of India of Sayyid Faisal ibn Turki as Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 145; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains letters on a variety of administrative and political matters in Oman. This includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Political Agents in Muscat, the Omani state's finances, and a descriptive account of Muscat by Mr Apothecary Gaspar de Rozario, and a Muscat trade report from 1867-April 1868. The file also includes printed and written reports relating to the suppression of Wahhabi pirates from 1865-66; printed copy correspondence relating to Bahrain from 1847-58; printed copy of correspondence relating to slave trade; 1866 resolution of the Ottoman Porte relative to the abolition and prevention of the slave trade; 1866-74 report on piracy in the Persian Gulf by Captain Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Gulf; 1830 printed copy correspondence relating to the electric telegraph, 1861; a schematic chart of the coast of Persia, and printed copies of correspondence relating to Kalat 1861-71.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 185; 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 present in parallel between ff 105-170; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their responsibility for the eradication of slavery. These also include Arabic copies of engagements entered into by the Trucial Shaikhs of the Persian Gulf with the British Government for the abolition of the African slave trade. The file also includes the Muscat Agency administration report 1871-72, and Fortnightly Muscat Agency news reports. Ancillary sections pertain to correspondence on the 1872 lease of Bandar `Abbas, and correspondence relating to Makran dependencies of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 450; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This part of volume consists of an abstract of contents of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures listed are not included in the volume; there is a note on the verso of folio 385 (and a later note on the recto of folio 383), stating that the enclosures were sent to Lord Palmerston, 23 April 1841.The enclosures listed are dated 6 October 1840 to 3 February 1841, and mainly consist of correspondence and minutes, concerning the slave trade between the Coasts of Africa and the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of an abstract of contents of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures listed relate to the trade in slaves which was reportedly being carried out between Zanzibar and Bombay by the subjects of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and other Chiefs on the African Coast.The enclosures are dated 26 February to 30 August 1841, and mostly consist of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, the Senior Magistrate of Police, the British Agent at Muscat and other British officials.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)