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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [672] (716/733)
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.
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, strengthen the bonds of friendship existing between me and the Bri-
° h Government, do hereby engage to prohibit the exportation of slaves
from the Coasts of Africa and elsewhere on board of my vessels, and
.hose belonging to my subjects or dependents; such prohibition to take
effect from the 1st day of Mohurum 1364 a. h . (or 10th December
18 " And I do further consent, that whenever the cruisers of the British
Government fall in with any of my vessels, or those belonging to my
subjects or dependents, suspected of being engaged in the Slave Trade,
thev may detain and search them ; and in case of their finding that any
of the vessels aforesaid have violated this Engagement, by the cxporta-
tion of slaves from the Coasts of Africa or elsewhere, upon any pretext
whatsoever, they (the Government cruisers) shall seize and confiscate
the same." „ . , i • ,.
And whereas, on the said thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven, an Engagement was also concluded between
Major S. Hennell, the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on behalf of Hei
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom ol Great Britain and Iieland,
and Muktoom bin Butye, Shaikh of Debaye, whereby it was agreed as
follows :—
"I, Muktoom bin Butye, Shaikh of Debaye, with the view to strengthen
the bonds of friendship existing between me and the British Govern
ment, do hereby engage to prohibit the exportation of slaves from the
Coasts of Africa and elsewhere on board of my vessels, and those belong
ing to my subjects or dependents; such prohibition to take effect from
the 1st day of Mohurum 1264 a. h . (or 10th December 1847 a. d.).
"And I do further consent, that whenever the cruisers of the British
Government fall in with any of my vessels, or those belonging to ray
subjects or dependents, suspected of being engaged in the Slave Trade,
they may detain and search them ; and in case of their finding that any
of the vessels aforesaid have violated this Engagement, by the exportation
of slaves from the Coasts of Africa or elsewhere, upon any pretext
whatsoever, they (the Government cruisers) shall seize and confiscate
the same."
And whereas, on the first day of May, in the said year one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-seven, an Engagement was also conclud
ed between the said Major S. Hennell, on behalf of Her Majesty, and
Abdool Azeez bin Rashid, Shaikh of Ejman, whereby it was agreed
as follows;—
"I, Abdool Azeez bin Rashid, Shaikh of Ejman, with the view to
strengthen the bonds of friendship existing between me and the British
Government, do hereby engage to prohibit the exportation of slaves from
the Coasts of Africa and elsewhere on board of my vessels, and those
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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