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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [41v] (22/72)
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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22
No. 20.
The Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar to Lord Stanley.
(Translation.) ,
The communication to his Excellency the Great Minister.
WE will explain to your Lordship that about which we are come.
In the first place, we are come, on the part of our Lord, the Brother, Majid, son o*
Sevd, Sultan of Zanzibar and its dependencies, for the purpose of inquiring after the
health of Her Majesty the Queen, and of your noble Excellency.
And, secondly, the desire of our Lord, the Brother, Majid, from the exalted Govern
ment is, that thev should not impose upon him anything injurious to him and degrading
to him before man, and which is of no service to them, and these forty thousand prosperities
which the Brother possessed be dimmed (?).
This then is that on which we have come. ^ ^ T _. , ,
Matters at this moment are weighty. For, as we are informed, the Kingdom has
passed away from the children of the departed Sayyid Seyd, son of Sultan, unto others
than them. . , . j jl . a j -n
How, then, is the view of the exalted Government in this matter ? And will it De
possible that they will hold it proper for our Lord, the Brother, Majid, to go up against
Uman (Oman), which was the dominion of his father, and for prosperity to be compassed
through the honoured Government. r - j ^
For, our Lord, the Brother, Majid, is reckoned among the loving friends of tjj 6
Maiesty of the British Government, as was his departed father most especially; and he
hath left it as a bequest unto them that they should not lose sight of his children.
Now, then, is the time for sincerity, and for fidelity to the trust. And our Lord, the
Brother, Majid, is overwhelmed with the favours of the Government: and ye are able to
d0 th And we beg of your Lordship a speedy reply, as we have already expressed to the
mutual friend, Colonel General Rigby.
Peace.
From the faithful loving friend,
(Signed) MUHAMMAD, Son of Salim, Son of Sultan.
9 Shaban, 1285 (November 24, 1868).
No. 21.
Mr. Egerton to Mr. Merivale.
g' r Foreign Office, December 3, 1868.
WITH reference to my letter of the 20th ultimo, I am directed by Lord Stanley to
transmit to you, for the information of Secretary Sir Stafford Northcote, the accompanying
copy of a further despatch from Captain Atkinson, the Acting British Consul at Muscat,
containing further information respecting the state of affairs in that country.
I am, &c.
(Signed) E. C. EGERTON.
No. 22.
Mr. Egerton to Mr. Merivale.
gj r Foreign Office, December 5, 1868.
I AM directed by Lord Stanley to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir
Stafford Northcote, the accompanying translation of a letter his Lordship has received from
Sayed Mohammed bin Salim, who has arrived in this country on a Mission from the
Sultan of Zanzibar, accompanied by Sayed Ahmed bin Suleiman, an Arab Chief of distinc
tion, and Hajee Mohammed Bacushmir, who acts as Secretary to the Mission.
The principal object of Sayed Mohammed bin Salim's Mission would appear to be to
procure from Her Majesty's Government the release of the Sultan of Zanzibar from the
obligation which His Highness contracted under the mediation of the Indian Government,
to pay to the Sultan of Muscat a subsidy of 40,000 dollars, regarding which obligation
Lord Stanley's views have already been communicated to Sir Stafford Northcote in the
letters addressed to the
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.
on January 8, May 27, and June 4.
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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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