‘Slave Trade Vol: 2’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political and secret letters from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Agent at Muscat; Philip LeGeyt, the Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Aden. It is the second in a series of three items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/1958/85478 and IOR/F/4/1959/85480).

The item concerns:

• Instructions to magistrates concerning cases of enslaved women seeking asylum in British territories, including descriptions of individual cases, and details of one case where the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Sucheen [ Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Sachin, Ibrahim Mahomed Yakut Khan I] demanded the return of a dancing girl, claiming that she had stolen from him
• Reports on the extent of the trade in enslaved people at Dieu [Diu] and Goa
• The proclamation of the Raja King of Suttara [Satara] that the buying or selling of enslaved people in his territory is illegal
• The arrival of a Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] boat at Muscat suspected of having on board kidnapped Somalee [Somali] girls
• Details of twenty children who were shipwrecked on their way from Maculla [Al Mukalla] to Judda [Jeddah] to be sold; the subsequent situations found for the children in Aden and Bombay
• Three stowaway boys from Muscat found on board the Orwell and the Hugh Lindsay and their subsequent positions
• Two boys found at Tannah [Thune] who claimed to have been brought from Aden by a Portuguese man to Bombay who later abandoned them
• Three Indian girls who were rescued from slavery by the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Muscat, Rubik bin Uslan [Aslan]; the circumstances of their kidnapping from India; their return to India
• Investigations about the prevalence of the kidnapping of Indian women and girls to be sold at Zanzibar, the importation of enslaved people into Bombay, and the involvement of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘id bin Sulṭan Al Bu Sa‘id]
• The importation of enslaved people from the coast of Africa to Zanzibar, and from Zanzibar to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
• Proposal of measures to eliminate the trade in enslaved people.

The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 596, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3593, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Extent and format

1 item (172 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 695 and terminates at f 866, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/1958/85479

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Apr 1839-8 Mar 1842 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bom Pol 21 Sep 1842, draft 596/1842; IOR/E/4/1071 pp.329-348

Subjects

AbductionSlave trade

Places

AdenZanzibarMuscatBombay

People & organisations

Political Agent and ConsulImam of OmanPolitical ResidentGovernment of BombayGovernment of IndiaSenior Magistrate of PolicePolitical Agent

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