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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [65v] (70/72)
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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70
M
No. 77.
Mr. Otway to Mr. Melvill.
Si r> Foreign Office, July 19, 1869.
I HAVE laid before the Earl of Clarendon your letter marked Confidential of the
12th instant, inclosing for his Lordship's consideration a draft of instructions relative to
the present aspect of the Muscat-Zanzibar question, and its bearings ^an our policy in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which the Duke of Argyll proposes to address to the Government of India
in substitution of the instructions inclosed in 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.
letter of the 10th of May
last; and in reply to his Grace's request to be furnished with Lord Clarendon's views on
this subject, I am to state that with reference to the recognition of the present Ruler of
Muscat by Her Majesty's Government, and as regards the relations of that state generally
with Her Majesty's Government and with the Government of Persia, his Lordship is not
in possession of any information which would enable him to speak with authority on these
matters, and he would wish, therefore, to defer entirely to the Duke of Argyll's views.
But as regards the question of the Zanzibar subsidy, while entirely concurring with
the Duke of Argyll in the propriety of releasing Sultan Majid from the payment of the
subsidy to Muscat, yet Lord Clarendon would not recommend that this concession should
be made without obtaining from His Highness some important concessions on his part
limitating the Traffic in Slaves from His Highness' territories, and his Lordship would
suggest, therefore, whether it would not be sufficient for the present for the Governor-
General of India to inform the Sultan that Her Majesty's Government will not insist on
the continued payment of the Muscat subsidy, on the understanding that His Highness
consents to enter into negotiations for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade
from his dominions, and that the terms which Her Majesty's Government would propose
will be made known to him shortly.
There is one other point upon which Lord Clarendon would be glad to receive some
information before expressing any opinion in the matter, namely, the question of the
Bunder Abbas' lease.
In a Memorial from the British Steam Navigation Company to the Bombay !
Government r'ated the 12th of March, 1869, a copy of which was communicated to this ,
Department in the Indian Office letter of the 18th of June, his Lordship observes that/
this Company strongly deprecate the surrender of the port of Bunder Abbas to Persia, and
anticipate great difficulties in the way of trade from the intrigues and annoyance of the
Persian authorities in the event of their resuming possession of the place.
It would appear, however, from the 5th paragraph of the proposed Instructions to
the Governor-General that the Persian Government has refused to continue the lease of
Budder Abbas to Azin ben Ghes, the present Ruler of Muscat, and that his Grace sees no
reason why Her Majesty's Government should interfere in the matter.
Lord Clarendon would be glad to learn from 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.
, whether, in the opinion
of the Indian authorities, the fears expressed by the Company have any well grounded
foundation.
2-^ | (Signed) arn ' A. J. OTWAY.
\
No. 78.
Mr. Otway to the Secretary to the Treasury.
Sir
Foreign Office, July 21, 1869.
I AM directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you the accompanying copies
of two despatches, with their inclosures in original, from the Acting British Consul and
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Zanzibar,* reporting the proceedings which have taken place in the Vice-
Admiralty Court in that island in the cases of several dhows captured and destroyed by
Her Majesty's cruizers on suspicion of being engaged in the Slave Trade ; and I am to
request that, in laying these papers before the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury, you will state to their Lordships that Lord Clarendon would be glad to receive
any observations which the Legal Adviser of the Treasury upon Slave Trade matters may
have to offer upon the cases to which these papers relate.
In will be seen that in the case of a vessel belonging to the Governor of Mombas,
destroyed by Her Majesty's ship " Nymphe," judgment has been given in the Vice-
* Nos. 73 and 74.
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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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