"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (١١٤/٧١)

h of Syed Majid.
A zan bin G iies. V iews
s t zibaii and M uscat .—In
there were indications
jhes himself, at least on
nent, to invade Zanzibar,
lis own responsibility he
eace of the place. The
litical Agent should be
umstances, to undertake the
Dceedings likely to give rise to
position. The Government of
f Zanzibar by sending a naval
Bombay have been informed
of peace in the waters of the
of sanctioning any expedition
nmon good of Zanzibar and
ivill protect either Zanzibar or
i to itself perfect freedom of
t/i April 1870 J
opinion to the effect that
i Zanzibar. Syed Majid,
a proclamation that any
is the people of that State
punished. This was ex-
e with Irade, but to give
3 persons, and to prevent
it claims for compensa-
previous year, about the
from Oman had been
Kirk attributed the peace
iow to be borne. —In
tnmission on the slave
•ved in their despatch to'
uch as those which form the
duties of the Agent should be
i correspondence of the Agent
it of India, and regarding the
, of course, not contemplated
^e required in connection with
d be thrown on the revenues
he political duties at Zanzibar,
and at present, may properly
tain its present control over
r of despatch from the
li contained an intimation
Manning's arbitral award
f India were made aware
iords of the Treasury, in
emission, that a portion
Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid.
of the charges of the Zanzibar Agency should be borne by the Imperial
Government. On the receipt of this despatch the Government of India
wrote—(Despatch No. 45, dated 12th August 1870.)
"In the event of our being instructed to convey t'» the Sultan this decision (i. tf.,
regarding the subsidy) on the part of Her Majesty's Government, we would represent that,
with the release of the Sultan from his obligation to Muscat, \he interest of the Government
of India in the affairs of Zanzibar will be at end. Under such circumstances there would no
longer exist any reason why this Government should retain the control of the Political Agency
in that State, or whv any portion of the cost of the Asrency should be debited to the revenues
of India. We, therefore, request that we may be freed from all official connection with the
Agency, and that the Agent may henceforward be appointed and controlled by Her Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
" With reference to the letter addressed by Lord Clarendon to the Lords of the Treasury,
we would repeat our opinion that the suppression of the slave trade on the east coast of Africa
is not an object for which the Indian revenues should be forced to contribute. It is a matter
exclusively connected with Imperial policy, and in which the Government of India have no
concern, and the expenditure which it necessitates should, therefore, be defrayed solely from
imperial sources. We cannot consent to debit any portion of such outlay to the Indian
Budget, and we trust that Your Grace may think fit to urge Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs to re-consider this proposal. As already observed in paragraph
3 of this despatch, we consider it right that, under the altered relations of Zanzibar to the
State of Muscat, the Government of India should be relieved of all connection with Zanzi
bar and all expenditure in that quarter. But should Her Majesty's Government think other
wise the only alternative arrangement which wuld command our assent is that proposed in
paragraph 10 of our despatch No. 29, dated the 20th of May 1870, m., that we should continue,
as heretofore, to pay the political charges and have control of the Political Agency at Zanzibar,
the entire cost of the arrangements for the suppression of the slave trade being borne by the
imperial revenues. We cannot believe it to be just, under any circumstances, to impose a
portion of the latter charges on the revenues of India."
73«. D eath of S yed M ajid .—In a letter of the 7th October 1870
Mr. Churchill reported the death of Sultan Syed Majid after a brief illness
of only a few days' duration.
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