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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [63r] (65/72)
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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65
A copy of this correspondence has been furnished to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
, for
their information and guidance.
I am, &c.
(Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE.
No. 70.
Mr. Merivale to Mr. Otway.—(Received June 18.)
(Confidential.)
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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.
, June 18, 1869.
I AM directed by the Duke of Argyll to acknowledge the receipt ot your letter of the
5th instant, calling for information as to the condition and distribution of the slaves that
have been liberated at the Mauritius, the Seychelles, Aden, and Bombay; and his Grace
desires me to state, in reply, that instructions will be addressed to the authorities at
Bombay and Aden to furnish this office with the necessary information, which will be
forwarded to your Department immediately after its receipt.
I am, &c. '
(Signed) HERMAN MERIVALE.
No. 71.
The Earl of Clarendon to Lieutenant-Colonel Dishrowe.
(No. 1.)
Sir^ Foreign Office, June 22, 1869.
I HAVE received your despatch of the 30th of April last (No. 247 of 1869) stating,
that no Sultan and no Government having yet been recognized at Muscat by Her Majesty's
Government, doubts have arisen in your mind as to how far you are justified in adjudi
cating in the matter of slaves or suspected slavers seized within dominions appertaining
to the Sovereign of Muscat, and you request instructions for your guidance on this
subject.
I have, in reply, to state to you, that the fact of the present Ruler of Muscat not
having been recognized by Her Majesty's Government, in no way affects the policy of
Her Majesty's Government towards that State, in regard to the suppression of the Slave
Trade ; and you should, therefore, continue to act in carrying out the provisions of the
Consular Jurisdiction Act, and in adjudicating in the cases of captured slaves and suspected
slavers in the same manner that you would have done if the present Ruler of Muscat had
been recognized by Her Majesty's Government.
I have further to inform you that the Secretary of State for India concurs in the
opinion that your Consular jurisdiction is in no way affected by the existing state of affairs
in Muscat, and that the Duke of Argyll has written in this sense to the Governor of
Bombay.
1 am, &c.
(Signed) CLARENDON.
No. 72.
Mr. Otway to Mr. Merivale,
Sir, Foreign Office, June 22, 1869.
WITH reference to your letter of the 14th instant, I am directed by the Earl of
Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid before his Grace the Duke of Argyll, the
accompanying copy of a despatch which his Lordship has addressed to Lieutenant-
Colonel Disbrowe relative to the doubts entertained by that officer in regard to his
jurisdiction in matters of Slave Trade in the present state of our relations with the Sultan
of Muscat.*
I am, &c.
(Signed) A. J. OTWAY.
[341]
No. 71.
S
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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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- 'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression'
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- 31r:54r, 55r:66v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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