‘Relating to the Slave Trade Vol: 2’
IOR/F/4/1990/88113
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The record is made up of 1 item (25 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1842-31 Dec 1842. 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. .
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This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, political 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 correspondents are: the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. of the East India Company; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; Ali bin Nasir, an envoy from the Imam of Muscat; Sayyid Sa‘id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id, the Imam of Muscat. It is the second in a series of two items on the trade in enslaved people (the other is IOR/F/4/1990/88112).
The item contains the correspondence between the Earl of Aberdeen and Ali bin Nasir during the latter’s embassy to London on behalf of the Imam of Muscat.
The item concerns:
- The limits on the trade in enslaved people which the British Government wished the Imam of Muscat to impose in his territories
- Complaints from the British that the Imam had not fulfilled his treaty obligations
- Complaints from the Imam that the British had not fulfilled their treaty obligations.
The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 227, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3822A, [Season 18]43’.
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- 1 item (25 folios)
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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 252 and terminates at f 276, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/F/4/1990/88113
- Date(s)
- 19 Jun 1842-31 Dec 1842 (CE, Gregorian)
- Related primary sources
Bombay Political 11 Apr 1843, draft 227/1843; IOR/E/4/1072 pp.971-978
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- Slave trade
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- MuscatKurrachee
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- Imam of OmanForeign Office
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- Reference
- IOR/F/4/1990/88113
- Title
- ‘Relating to the Slave Trade Vol: 2’
- Pages
- 260r:262r, 263r:265r, 275r:276r
- Author
- al-Harthi, Ali bin Nasir
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/1990/88113
- Title
- ‘Relating to the Slave Trade Vol: 2’
- Pages
- 266r:270r, 271r:271v
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/1990/88113
- Title
- ‘Relating to the Slave Trade Vol: 2’
- Pages
- 252r:259v, 262v, 265v, 270v, 272r:274v, 276v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence