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'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar' [119v] (27/63)
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Foreign (Political) Letter from India, dated Simla, 12th June (No. 98) 1868.
To the Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote , Bart., Her Majesty's Secretary
of State for India.
Sir,
With reference to the Despatch to your address from the Government of
Bombay, No. 21, dated 9th May, we have the honour to state, for the information
of Her Majesty's Government, that the question mooted in para. 2 thereof
regarding the right of the British Government to interfere with the subjects of the
Rao of Kutch, who have not registered their names as entitled to British pro
tection, is still under consideration, and will be decided when the Bombay Govern
ment reply to the communication which was addressed to it on the subject on the
22d April last.
We have, &c.,
(Signed) John Lawrence.
W. R. Mansfield.
G. N. Taylor.
H. M. Durand.
H. S. Maine.
John Strachey.
R. Temple.
Extract Foreign (Political) Letter from India, dated 5th December (Jto. 207)
1868, to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India.
With reference to our Despatch, No. 98, dated 12th June last, we have the
honour to forward a copy of a correspondence with 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.
regarding the right of the British Government to put down the traffic in slaves
which is being carried on by certain subjects of the Rao of Kutch residing in the
territories of the Sultan of Zanzibar. We trust that our instructions may meet
with the approval of Her Majesty's Government.
No. 47.
No. 239, dated 9th October 1868.
C. Gonne , Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay, to W. S. Seton-Karr , Esq.,
Secretary to Government of India, Foreign Department, with Governor
General.
Referring to your letter dated the 22d April, No. 418 of 1868, regarding the
question of whether Kutchees at Zanzibar were subject to British laws in respect
of slavery I am directed to forward, for submission to the Right Honourable the
Governor General in Council, copy of a letter dated 14th August last, No. 42/159,
lom 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, and to intimate that this Government will now
await the decision of the Government of India on the legal part of the question.
No. 48.
No. 42/159, dated 14th August 1868.
Henry A. Churchill , Esq., C.B.,
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.
and Her Majesty's Consul,
Zanzibar, to C. Gonne , Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your two communications, the
one, JNo. 879, of the 31st of March, transmitting me the copy of your letter. No 73
to the Foreign Secretary at Calcutta, with reference to the subject matter of my
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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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- 1 file (28 folios)
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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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- front, 107r:108v, 111r:135v, i-r:i-v, back-i, back
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