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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [669] (713/733)
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. .
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slave trade.
669
crews have carried off (literally " stolen") and embarked slaves, their
vessels shall be liable to seizure and confiscation by the aforesaid
cruisers.
Dated Shargah, 11th April 1838 a. d. (corresponding with the 22nd
Mohurum, a. n. 1254, Mahomedan Era).
The of S ultan bin S uggur.
(True translation)
(Signed) S. H ennell,
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Agreement for the Suppression of the Slave Trade in the Persian
Gulf entered into by Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of
.Ras-ool-Khyma, dated off llas-ool-Khyma, ord July 1839.
T, Sultan bin Suggur, Shaikh of the Joasmee Tribe, do hereby declare
that I bind and pledge myself to the British Government, in the follow
ing engagements :—
A rticle I.
That the Government cruisers, whenever they may meet any vessel
belonging to myself, or my subjects, beyond a direct line drawn from
Cape Delgado, passing two degrees seaward of the island of Socotra,
and ending at Cape Guadel, and shall suspect that such vessel is en
gaged in the Slave Trade, the said cruisers are permitted to detain and
search it.
A rticle II.
Should it on examination be proved that any vessel belonging to
myself or my subjects is carrying slaves, whether men, women, or
children, for sale, beyond the aforesaid line, then the Government
cruisers shall seize and confiscate such vessel and her cargo. But if the
aforesaid vessel shall pass beyond the aforesaid line owing to stress of
weather, or other case of necessity not under control, then she shall not
be seized.
A rticle III.
As the selling of males and females, whether grown up or young,
who are Hoor," or free, is contrary to the Mahomedan religion, and
whereas the Somalee Tribe is included in the " Hoor," or free, I, Sultan
bin Suggur, do hereby agree, that the sale of males and females, whe
ther young or old, of the Somalee Tribe, shall be considered as piracy :
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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).
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- 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.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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