Skip to item: of 733
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎657] (701/733)

This item is part of

The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

hhhhhhhhi
slave trade
of by them (British ships) after
four months from the date of the
permission required in the pre
ceding requisition (V.).
(Signed)
Seal of His High
ness the Imaum
of Muskat.
Dated 1th September 1822.
(True translation)
(Signed) W m. S imson,
Deputy Persian Secretary to Government.
Additional Requisition made by Captain M oresby on His Highness
the I maum of M uskat, on the §th September 1822, and agreed
to by His Highness on the 1 Oth of the same month.
Additional Requisition by Cap
tain M oresby.
That it may be understood in
the most comprehensive manner
where Arab ships are liable to
seizure by His Majesty the King
ol England's cruisers, after the
expiration of four months, the
Imanm to authorise that the Kino-
o
of England's cruisers finding Arab
ships with slaves on board to the
eastward of a line drawn from
Cape Delgado, passing (60) sixty
miles east of Socotra, on to Diu
Head, forming the western point
ol the Gulf of Cambay (unless
driven by stress of weather), shall
be seized and treated by His Ma
jesty's cruisers in the same man
ner as il they were under the
English flag.
Answer by His Highness the
I maum.
I permit to the Captains of His
Majesty the King of England's
cruisers, to seize vessels to the
eastward of the line drawn by
Captain Moresby, but confine the
permission to the King of Eng
land's cruisers, and not the Com
pany's.
(Signed) S yud S aeed.
Seal of His
Highness the
Imaum of
Muskat.
(Signed) F. M oresby,
Captain, His Majesty's Ship Menai.
10th September 1822.

About this item

Content

The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).

Extent and format
1 volume (364 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.

Physical characteristics

Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.

The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.

Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.

The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎657] (701/733), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/732, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100022870194.0x000066> [accessed 4 April 2025]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022870194.0x000066">'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [&lrm;657] (701/733)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022870194.0x000066">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0002c3/IOR_R_15_1_732_0712.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0002c3/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image