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'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar' [115v] (19/63)
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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19a. None of the Hindoos on the African coast (except, I believe, barbers)
have their wives with them. Some do not return to their homes for long periods.
A few of these buy or engage female negroes who, with their children, if any, are
invariably left behind when their masters return to India.
20. With regard to the subjects of Kutch, the
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).
has no control over
those who live on the African coast. There is no slave trade with, or slavery in,
Kutch itself. There is a direct trade between that country and the eastern coast
of Africa carried on by boats belonging to Manday.
21. Before 1836 slavery existed in Kutch. The slaves were imported directly
from the African and the Arabian coasts. In that year His Highness the late
Rao issued a proclamation* {vide p. 310 of Government Selections on Kutch)
prohibiting the trade under heavy penalties. I do not know whether there were
any cases in which it was necessary to inflict these penalties, but it is a fact
that the slave trade has not existed for many years, and does not now exist in
Kutch.
22. Last year another proclamation was issued by His Highness to the same
effect. It was published in the Bombay Government Gazette. Being at the
time absent from Kutch, I do not know exactly the object of the said proclama
tion. I believe that the words " Kutch subjects," made use of in a paragraph
which appeared in a Bombay paper, led to the issue of the proclamation. Other
wise there was no necessity whatever for it.
Kazi Shahabudin.
14th February 1870.
Political Letter from Bombay to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
India, dated 9th May (No. 21) 1868.
Right Honourable Sir,
With reference to our Letter, No. 38, dated the 8th June last, we have
. . . , „ xr ocinioA a 4- ^ honour to transmit, for
* From the
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.
, Zanzibar, No. 399/84, dated the ,1 • r .• V t
22d December 1867, with accompaniments. the information of Her
Letter to the Government of India, No. 73, dated the 31st Majesty's Government, the
March 1868. enclosed copy of a corre-
F r om the
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.
, No. 408/88, dated the 24th De- gpondence* that has ensued
cember, 1867. 1 i. j -.i -1
Resolution No. 830, dated the 28th March 1868. connected with the manu
mission, by the Sultan of
Zanzibar, of the slaves working under contract with Messrs. Frazer & Co., of that
port.
2. We would specially invite attention to our Secretary's letter, dated the
31 st March last, to the Government of India with regard to the question raised in
this correspondence by Mr. Churchill, respecting the right of the British Govern
ment to interfere with those subjects of His Highness the Rao of Kutch who have
not availed themselves of the option offered to them of registering their names as
entitled to British protection.
We have, &c.,
(Signed) W. R. S. V. FitzGerald.
B. H. Ellis.
S. Mansfield.
Political Despatch to Bombay, dated 9th August (No. 54) 1867.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, Bombay-
Sir,
With reference to your Letter, dated 8th June (No. 38) 1867, forwarding
a communication from the
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 manu
mission by the Sultan of 711 slaves working under the contracts of an English
sugar planter at that port, and suggesting that, as a recognition of this generous
♦ Note. —See p. 6.
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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.
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
A contents page is included on folio 108.
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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 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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