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'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar' [108v] (5/63)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 1870. 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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His Highness the Sultan of Zan
zibar.
- Mr. Churchill -
Ditto - - r
His Highness the Sultan of Zan-
13th July
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5th April
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30 th July
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29th July
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1st June
6th May
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24th April
13th July
28th Oct.
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31st Aug.
1st Feb.
22d Feb.
31st March
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17 th April
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99
25th Feb.
3d Feb.
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12th Feb.
99
17th April
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31st Aug.
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29th April
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23d June
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28th July
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5th Aug.
11th Jan. 1870
15th Oct. 1
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14th Aug.
99
28th Dec.
18th Jan. 1870
9th Aug. 1866
Mr. Churchill - -
His Highness the Sultan of Zan
zibar.
Ditto -
Mr. Churchill -
Government of India
Foreign Office - -
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.
- - - -
Government of India
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.
Major A. Y. Shortt,
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.
,
Kutch.
Proclamation of His Highness the Rao, permitting the British Govern
ment to liberate, without compensation. Slaves held by Natives of
Zanzibar.
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.
-
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.
- »
Foreign Office
Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for India
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.
Government, of India
The Earl of Clarendon, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
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.
, Kutch
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.
Dr. John Kirk, Acting Political
Agent and Consul at Zanzibar.
Secretary of State for India -
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.
Resolution of
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.
(communicated to Political Agents
at Kutch and Zanzibar).
Resolution of
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.
(communicated to Government of
India, and to Political Agents at Kutch and .Zanzibar).
Resolution of
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.
(communicated to Government of
India and to
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).
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.
Mr. Churchill
Ditto
Ditto
Government of India
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.
Commodore E. Meara, Her Majesty's
Ship " Nymphe."
Ditto - - -
Resolution of
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.
(communicated to Government of
India 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).
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.
Ditto - _ . .
Substance of Letter from His High
ness the Sultan of Zanzibar.
Petition of Emissaries from His
Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar.
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.
Government of India
Secretary of State for India -
Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor
in Council, Bombay.
Ditto : - -
Emissaries from His Highness the
Sultan of Zanzibar.
His Highness the Sultan of Zan
zibar.
Government of India
Secretary of State for India
Government of India
Government of Bombav
Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor
in Council, Bombay.
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.
Government of India
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.
Dr. John Kirk, Acting Political
Agent and Consul at Zanzibar.
His Highness the Sultan of Zan- Dr. Kirk -
zibar.
Goverrment of India - -
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.
Mr. Churchill - - - - The Earl of Clarendon
Extract
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, regulating Consular Jurisdiction in Zanzibar.
Unregistered British Indian subjects not entitled to Consular pro
tection.
Page.
36
37
38
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- Content
This file contains a selection of correspondence, extracts and reports regarding the involvement of British subjects from the Princely State of Kutch [Cutch] in the slave trade in Zanzibar and attempts by the British Government to end this involvement.
Much of the correspondence is from Britain's 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. in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Churchill and Britain's 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. in Kutch, Major Alexander Young Shortt. This includes translated copies of correspondence between Churchill and the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyd [Sayyid] Majid bin Said.
On folio 128, the file contains a proclamation issued by the ruler of Kutch, the Maharaja Dhiraj Mirza Maha Rao Shree Praguruljee, that warns his subjects in Kutch of the penalties of being engaged in the slave trade in general and specifically in Zanzibar.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (28 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
A contents page is included on folio 108.
- Physical characteristics
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 107, and terminates at f 134, 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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- Title
- 'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar'
- Pages
- front, 107r:108v, 111r:135v, i-r:i-v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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