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25. ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade Further proceedings relating to the.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 22 September 1854-22 August 1855.The item contains correspondence between: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Indian Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and Commander of the Clive. They discuss measures for suppressing the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Gulf and the Red Sea regions, including the number, type, and availability of vessels required to intercept vessels involved in the trade. Leeke also makes the suggestion of using vessels currently stationed in the Gulf and at Aden.Kemball mentions the difference in approaches for suppressing the trade between the governments on the Persian [Iranian] and the Arabian coasts of the Gulf. In particular, he mentions his conversations on this topic with Sheikh Sultan bin Sugger, Sheikh of Rasul Khymah and the Joasmees [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and the Qawāsim], and Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid, Sheikh of Amalgawein [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā, Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn]. He also makes note of the efforts of Meerza Mahmood Khan [Mīrzā Maḥmūd Khān], Persian Commissioner, to extend the relevant convention existing between Persia [Iran] and Great Britain. Additionally, he includes copy of a letter from Foulerton, which reports the status of six enslaved people who were recently manumitted at Bassidore [Basaʻidu].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.5', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as 'Collection No. 5 of No. 86 of 1855.' but 'of No. 86 of 1855.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 586, and terminates at f 610, 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.
26. ‘Persian Gulf. Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Principal ports of-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to attempts by the Government of Bombay to suppress the trade in enslaved people in the Gulf and on the coasts of Cutch, Kattywar and Karachi [Kachchh, Kāthiāwār and Karāchi]. In particular, the item relates to:A report in 1837 by Abdoola bin Awaz [Abdullah bin ‘Awaz] that 233 young women were abducted from the Burburra Coast [Berbera] by the crews of Joasmee [al-Qawāsim] boats to be sold at the principal ports on the Arabian side of the GulfConcerns expressed by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, in 1837-38 regarding the difficulty in persuading the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the principal Arabian chiefs to prohibit their subjects from participating in the trade in enslaved people and his fear that reducing this trade conducted by these rulers would simply result in the trade being carried on by others from the Ottoman Porte [Ottoman Empire] and Persia [Iran]Hennell’s success in obtaining agreements in 1838-39 with several rulers on the Arabian peninsula, the contents of which: extend the boundary line beyond which it is prohibited to carry enslaved people from between Cape Delgado and Diu Head to between Cape Delgado and Pussein [Pasni]; authorise the British Government to search any vessels belonging to the rulers’ subjects found eastward of this boundary line which may be suspected of carrying enslaved people and to liberate the enslaved people on board; confirm that Soomalee [Somali] people are to be considered as ‘hoor’ [ḥurr] or ‘free’, therefore the selling of them as enslaved people is to be considered an act of ‘piracy’.The above agreements being signed by: Seed Said bin Sultan, the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Shaik Sultan bin Suggur of Rasel Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]; Shaik Mukhtoom bin Butye of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai]; Shaik Abdoollah bin Rashed of Amulgaveen [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]; Shaik Rashid bin Humeed of Ejman [Shaikh Rāshid I bin Ḥumaid al-Nu‘aymī of ‘Ajmān]; and Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot of Aboothabee [Shaikh Khalifa bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]Discussions of how these agreements differ from previous treaties, including the 1820 General Maritime Treaty [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf] and the 1822 treaty signed between the Imaum and Captain Moresby of HMS ship Menai, and whether parts of the treaties are too ambiguousA complaint in 1840 by Captain A H Nott, Commanding the Company ship Tigris, that despite the new agreements he is unable to interfere with vessels found with enslaved people on board because he cannot prove that the people have been kidnapped directly by the crews of the vesselsMinutes by the Board of the Government of Bombay lamenting the apparent ineffectiveness of the new agreements and suggesting further measures to be taken.The item contains a copy of the Bombay Government Gazette (folios 1015-1022) from 21 May 1840, which, amongst other notifications, announces the new agreement with the Imaum of Muscat in English, Arabic, Persian, Gujarati and Marathi. In addition, Captain Nott’s reports (folios 1030-1031 and 1041-1044) provide details on the number of enslaved people being trafficked annually, how they come to be enslaved, and at which prices they are sold.There are numerous copies of the 1838-39 agreements at: ff 935-936; 943; 945-946; 991; 994-995; 999-1000; 1008-1009; and 1050.Principal correspondents include: Hennell; Nott; Thomas MacKenzie, Acting Assistant in charge of the [Persian Gulf] Residency; the governments of Bombay and India; and agents at Muscat and Shargah [Sharjah].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 3075, Draft 431, 1841’, ‘Collection No. 5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 929, and terminates at f 1078, 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.
27. ‘Persian Gulf. Rescue of an Indian slave girl named “Noorah”. Vol: 8’
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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; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Draper commanding the East India Company sloop Coote; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the eighth 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/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns the rescue of an Indian woman named Noorah from slavery in Muscat after her brother Yussoof [Yusuf] brought her situation to the attention of Draper, and her arrival in Bombay.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 922, and terminates at f 933, 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.
28. 'Persian Gulf. Seizure by the Indian Naval authorities of a number of vessels, at sea, belonging to subjects of the Imam of Muscat with slaves on board intended for sale.'
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2235/112011. It is the third in a series of five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The item concerns: the seizure, in the Gulf, of eleven vessels belonging to subjects of the Imam of Muscat and carrying enslaved people; the conveying of five of the boats and the enslaved people to Bombay [Mumbai]; and the question of what should now happen to the vessels, their crews, and the enslaved people. It includes a table containing details of the vessels seized (f 179), and five declarations of seizure completed by Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding the Honourable Company’s schooner Mahi(ff 188-190).The item contains a table of contents (ff 172-173), and the title page (f 171) contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 294/48’, ‘Vol: 3’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 135’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 171 and terminates at f 195, 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.
29. ‘Persian Gulf. Capture of two Slavers by Lieutenant Stradling, Commanding the “Constance”- Payment of Head-money to Officers on the seizure of Slaves.’
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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 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the seventh in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item relates to two recent seizures of vessels carrying enslaved people, one near Ras-el-Hadd [Ra’s al Hadd] and one near Bassadore [Basaʻidu], as reported to the Government of Bombay by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The first seizure involves ships, the Saad[also rendered as Saiad and Said] and the Futh ul Mubaruck[ Fatḥ al-Mubārak], bearing the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat's flag. The item contains:Letters from Lieutenant Stradling, Commander of the Company ship, Constance, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, providing details of: the capture of the vessels; the enslaved people onboard; and the subsequent transfer of the vessels and people involved to MuscatStatements and depositions by the nakhodas [nakhudas] of the vessels and crewmembers of the ConstanceAccompanying letters from Khwaja Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat, reporting actions taken at Muscat following the vessels' arrivalLetter from Captain Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to the Governor of Bombay, enclosing reports from Robinson and receipts from Khwaja HiskaelMinutes by the Governor of Bombay with instructions, based on the relevant Act of Parliament 5 September 1848, on what to do with the vessels and the nakhodas.The second seizure involves a Persian [Iranian] vessel, the Furras[ Faras[?], also rendered in text as Turras], owned by merchants from Hyderabad and seized by Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding the Company ship Tigris. The item contains:Letters from Tronson to Robinson, providing details of: the capture of the vessels; the owners of the vessel; and enslaved people onboardTronson's request for 'head money' [money paid per enslaved person as a reward for capturing them from enslavers]Letter from Kemball to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, reporting on this incidentMinute by the Governor of Bombay discussing the 'head money' conventions in the numerous treaties Britain has with the Imaum of Muscat, with Persia, and with the 'Arab chiefs' of the Persian Gulf.The item also contains the Government of Bombay's instructions for forwarding on the above papers to Leeke, the Government of India, and the Secret Committee [mostly likely the Court of Directors Secret Committee].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 Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 2 of No. 108 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 850, and terminates at f 877, 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.
30. ‘Persian Gulf. State of affairs of Bushire-’
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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, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to letters sent by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], in September 1847. The letters relate to:The assistance (as requested by Sheil) that Hennell is providing to Syed Hasheim Jemaranee [Sayyid Hāshim Jamārānī], who has arrived at Bushire [Bushehr] with twenty-five followers and intends to go on a pilgrimage to MeccaVessels which have arrived at Bushire with enslaved people on board, thought to have been taken from Berberah [Berbera], Soor [Sur] and MuscatEfforts by Captain Lowe, Senior Officer in the Indian Navy, to capture vessels from Muscat departing from Bushire with enslaved people on boardThe status of the cholera outbreak at Bushire, Cazeroon [Kazerun], Shiraz and Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 35.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 440, and terminates at f 444, 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.
31. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the importation of Slaves into Mohemerah by Vessels commanded by Natives of Hindustan. – Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, notifications, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Tehran; John George Taylor, Acting Agent, Basra; and Richard Spooner, Collector of Customs, Bombay. It is the first in a series of four volumes about the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns reports that enslaved people are being imported into the Gulf, including to Mohemerah [Khorramshahr] in trading vessels from India, and the commanders of these vessels evade detection by not showing their papers to the British officials in the Gulf ports. The item contains a supplement to the Bombay Gazette, which prints a notification reminding commanders to show their papers.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 217-1853’ and ‘Collection Vol: 1 of No. 77’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 259, and terminates at f 279, 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.
32. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the trade in slaves between Western India and the Persian Gulf Vol: 4’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major George LeGrand Jacob, Political Agent, Kutch [Kachchh]; Henry Bartle Frere, Commissioner of Scinde [Sindh]; John Macleod, Deputy Collector of Customs, Scinde; and Barrow Helbert Ellis, Assistant Commissioner, Scinde. It is the third in a series of four volumes about the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns the replies of the Commissioner of Scinde and the Political Agent at Kutch to inquiries from the Bombay Government into whether traders from Scinde and Kutch were importing enslaved people into the Gulf.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 217-1853’ and ‘Collection Vol: 4 of No. 121 of 1852’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 297, and terminates at f 304, 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.
33. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the importation of Slaves into Oman and Ras-el-Khymah.’
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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 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the sixth in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item relates to reports from Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, about 'slave trade' activity between Zanzibar, Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], and the Batinah coast of Oman. His reports include:Details of the vessels involved and the numbers of enslaved people taken onshoreCopy of a letter to him from the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat on the subject of the 'slave trade'Communications he has had with: Sheik Abdullah ben Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Sheik of Amulgavine; Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], Sheikh of Shargah; and other 'chiefs' of areas involved in the tradeGeneral updates from Shargah regarding Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān].Kemball forwards these reports on to the Government of Bombay with his own comments on the 'slave trade' activity and how to suppress it. The Government in turn forwards the above to Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, requesting information on efforts to suppress the trade.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 1 of No. 108 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 838, and terminates at f 849, 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.
34. ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, 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/4/2157/103845 and IOR/F/4/2157/103846.The item relates to a report from Moollah Hoossin [Mullā Ḥusayn], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], on the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] at that port. In particular, the report mentions:The number of enslaved people brought to Shargah from Zanzibar, as well as details of the boats which brought themA specific case regarding a woman of the ‘Pujeyneeah caste’ who was kidnapped by two men from Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] before being transferred to Ali bin Rashid [‘Alī bin Rāshid], brother of the Chief of Ejman [Ajman], and sold at Soor [Sur], despite members of her ‘caste’ being considered ‘hoor’ [ḥurr] or ‘free’A contract that the boats’ owners have with the people at Soor and the role that the port plays in the transportation of enslaved people.The report is forwarded to the Government of Bombay by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who provides comments and a proposal on the above case. In addition, the item also contains a minute by the Governor of Bombay regarding the effectiveness of the previous treaties of 1822 and 1839 which were designed to suppress the ‘slave trade’. An extract of additional articles proposed for the 1839 treaty can be found at folios 849-850.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 3’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 131’ 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 842, and terminates at f 851, 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.
35. ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Further proceedings respecting the Slaves found on board the Arab Bugla Sumsherah which was seized by the Company’s Brigantin “Tigris” and subsequently released.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 6 October 1853-8 August 1855.The item contains updates from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay regarding the interception by the Company ship Tigris, of the Sumherah[ Shamshīr?], a ship from Luft [Bandar-e Laft].Particular attention is given to the status of two enslaved people who were found onboard and taken from the Sumherah. Kemball's report includes a letter to him from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, which itself includes a copy of a statement provided by Rashid ben Zaid [Rashīd bin Sa‘īd or Zayid, also rendered in text as Rashed ben Zaid and Rashid bin Said], nacodah [nakhuda] of the Sumherah.There are multiple spellings for Sumherahin the text.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2 of No. 86 of 1855.' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 611, and terminates at f 617, 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.
36. ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Importation of Slaves into Rassel Khyma and Sharga, by the subjects of Shekh Sultan bin Suggur.~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1849. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2343/123024.The item relates to investigations carried out by Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], following reports of enslaved people being imported into the territories of Sheik Sultan ben Sugger, the Joasmee 'Chief' [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe]. Moollah Houssein's report includes:Details of the people accused of carrying on the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]: Syf bin Saleh [Sayf bin Ṣāliḥ] and the sons of Ali bin Ateek [‘Alī bin ʿAtīq, also rendered in text as Ateej]Details of the people who were enslaved and to whom they were soldA letter from Sheik Sultan defending his subjects, blaming the people of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and accusing people of Soor [Sur] and the rulers of Ejmaun [Ajman] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] of also taking part in the 'slave trade'.Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwards on the report to the Government of Bombay, alongside his own judgements on the subject.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 189 of 1850', 'Vol: 2', 'Collection No 4 of No 29', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 128, and terminates at f 135, 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.