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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [674] (718/733)
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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subiects or dependents, suspected of being engaged in the Slave Trade,
hefly detain and seareh them ; and m case of the.r find ng that any
of the vessels aforesaid have violated this Engagement, by the exporta-
"ion of slaves from the Coasts of Africa or elsewhere, upon any pretext
whatsoever, they (the Government cruisers) shall se.ze and confiscate
the A Twhereas, on the eighth day of May, in the said year one thousand
ei<xht hundred and forty-seven, an Engagement was cone u e y t e
said MaiorS Hennell, on behalf of Her Majesty, and Shaikh Mahomed
bin Khaleefa bin Suleman, Chief of Bahrein, whereby it was agreed
"I a homed bin Khaleefa bin Suleman, Chief of Bahrein, 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 belonging to my subjects or dependents ; such prohibition to
take effect from the 1st day of Mohurum 1264 a. h . (or 10th December
1847 A - I) -)- , • r T3 v u
" 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,
they may detain and search them; and in case of their finding that any
of the vessels aforesaid have violated this Engagement, by the exporta-
tion 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 it is expedient that effectual provision should be made
for carrying into execution the provisions of the said several Agreements .
Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, That it shall be lawful for the commanders and other
officers of Her Majesty's ships of war, or of the East India Com
pany, to visit and detain in any seas any vessel belonging to either of
the said respective Chiefs, Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of the
Joasmee Tribe, Muktoom bin Butye, Shaikh of Debaye, Abdool Azeez
bin Rashid, Shaikh of Ejman, Abdoolla bin Rashid, Shaikh of Amul-
gavine, Syud bin Tahnoon, Shaikh of the Beniyas, Chief of Aboothabee,
Mahomed bin Khaleefa bin Suleman, Chief of Bahrein, or to any of their
subjects or dependents, which shall, upon reasonable grounds, be
suspected of being engaged in the traffic in slaves, or having been fitted
out for that purpose, and to send or carry away such vessel, toge
ther with its master, sailors, passengers, slaves, and cargo, for the
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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.
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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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