'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [40v] (20/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1869. 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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measures may meet with the approbation of the Right Honourable the Governor in
Council.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. L. NUTT.
Inclosure 15 in No. 15.
The Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Secretary to the Government of India.
Sir, Bombay Castle, June 9, 1868.
IN continuation of my letter of this date, I am directed to forward, for the informa
tion of the Government of India, the inclosed copy of a letter from the Acting Assistant
Resident in Charge, Aden, dated the 23rd ultimo, reporting his proceedings in connection
with the arrival at Aden of the Queen of Mohilla on her way to Paris.
2. I am to add that the proceedings of the Acting Assistant in Charge have been
approved by this Government.
I have, &c.
(Signed) C. GONNE.
Inclosure 16 in No. 15.
Bombay Castle, June 9, 1868.
THE Acting Assistant Resident in Charge, Aden, No. 533—55 A, dated the 23rd May,
1868.
Reports his proceedings consequent on the arrival of Her Highness the Queen of
Mohilla at Aden, on her way to Paris, for the purpose of laying the subject of her complaint
before His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and expresses a hope that they
may meet with the approval of Government.
Resolution. —The proceedings of the Acting Assistant Resident in Charge should be
approved, and a copy of his letter forwarded to the Government of India.
No. 16.
Mr. Egerton to Mr. Melvill.
Sir, Foreign Office, October 27, 1868.
WITH reference to your letter of the 22nd instant, I am directed by Lord Stanley to
transmit to you, for the information of Secretary Sir S. Northcote, copy of an instruction
with which his Lordship has furnished Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar for his guidance,
respecting the affairs of the Queen of Mobilla.
1 am, &c.
(Signed) E. C. EGERTON.
No. 17.
Major-General Rigby to Lord Stanley.—(Received November .)
My Lord, 14, Mansfield Street, London, W., November 10, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to report, for your Lordship's information, the arrival in London
of a Mission from His Highness Sayyid Majid bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, on matters
connected with the suppression of the Slave Trade within His Highness' dominions and
on the East Coast of Africa.
2. The Mission was conveyed to Aden on board one of His Highness' ships of war,
and thence came to Southampton by the overland route, and is now located* at the
Langham Hotel, Portland Place.
3. The Mission consists of Sayyid Mahommed bin Salim, the Envoy, who is one of
the principal Arab Chiefs of His Highness'
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
, Sayyid Ahmed bin Suleiman, also one
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This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
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- 1 volume (34 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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