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‘Précis of correspondence relating to Zanzibar affairs from 1856 to 1872. Prepared by Captain P D Henderson, attached to the Foreign Department’ [83v] (6/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 1872. 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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iv
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VI.
Slave Trade.
Para.
Brigadier Coghlan's Report of 1860 on Slave Trade ... ... ... 92
Lieutenant-Colonel Rigby^s Report of 1861 on Slave Trade ... ... 93
Conflicting instructions of Home and Indian Governments. Colonel Felly's views
on the Slave Trade ... ... ... ... ... 94
Efforts of Syed Majid in the suppression of slavery ... ... ... 95
Boats of Her Mnjesty's cruizers prohibited from entering ports on African coast ... 96
Dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
engaged in coasting slave trade seized by Sultan ... ... ... 97
Treaties concluded with Shuhur and Maculla ... ... ... 98
Slave trade carried on under French flag ... ... ... ... 99
Slavers transfer their operations to Keelwa ... ... ... ... 100
Repressive measures recommended by Colonel Playfair ... ... ... 101
Colonel Felly's opinion on the operations of the slave squadron ... ... 102
Present of ordnance made to Sultan ... ... ... 103
Renewed efforts of the Sultan to suppress slavery ... ... ... 104
Colonel Play fair's comments on the operations of the slave squadron ... ... 105
Colonel Playfair's views on the slave trade ... ... ... 106
Protest of Sultan against interference with vessels in Zanzibar waters ... 107
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.
urges withdrawal of slave squadron from Zanzibar waters ... 108
Labour contracts of Messrs. Fraser & Co. ... ... ... ... 109
Exportation of slaves as crew of vessels trading to Bombay ... ... 110
Negotiations for reduction of limits of slave traffic ... ... ... Ill
Rights of Kutchees to hold slaves ... ... ...
Slave trade statistics, 1868 ... ... ... 113
Doubts regarding jurisdiction of Vice-Admiralty Court ... ... ... 114
Rules issued by Sultan to check slave traffic ... ... ... ...115
Sultan threatens confiscation of all dhows belonging to Northern Arabs ... 116
Mr. Churchill s unfavorable opinion of existing measures for the suppression of
the slave trade ... ... t > jjy
Propositions regarding suppression of slave trade made by Commodore Heath ... 118
Decision of the Government of India with regard to Kutchee slave-holders ... 119
Views of Government of India as to domestic slavery ... ... ... 120
Slave trade under French flag ... ... ... 121
Destruction of Zanzibar craft by British cruizers ..." ... ... 122
Proclamation of Rao of Kutch regarding his subjects at Zanzibar engaged in the
slave trade
Liberated slaves. Their disposal and expenses
Admiralty instructions to naval officers
Negotiations for fresh treaty stopped by Sultan's death ...
Destruction of dhows belonging to the Sultan
Slave trade under French flag
Intentions of Syed Burgash regarding slave trade
Report of Parliamentary Committee
... 123
... 124
... 125
... 126
... 127
... 128
... 129
... 130
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The file is a précis of correspondence related to affairs at Zanzibar between the years 1856 and 1872, prepared by Captain Philip Durham Henderson of the Foreign Department in the Government of India. The contents of the précis, which includes reports from Christopher Palmer Rigby, the British Consul at Zanzibar, and Sir William Marcus Coghlan, relate to: the death in 1856 of the Sultan of Muscat Syed Saeed [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] without a direct heir; the succession struggle between Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id] and Syed Majid [Sa‘id Majid bin Said al-Sa‘id]; British arbitration in the dispute; succession arrangements at Muscat and Zanzibar; the slave trade between Zanzibar and Muscat. The précis is organised into six chapters (labelled I to VI), as follows:
- I – Events preceding the arbitration by the Government of India;
- II – Arbitration of the Government of India;
- III – Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of subsidy;
- IV – Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid;
- V – Events in Zanzibar from the death of Syed Majid;
- VI – Slave Trade.
The contents page lists four appendices (labelled A to D) that are not included in this copy of the précis.
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- 1 file (55 folios)
- Arrangement
The correspondence contained in the précis is arranged in an approximate chronological order, with those of earliest date (1856) at the front, and those of latest date (1872) at the end. The correspondence is further arranged into six chapters labelled I to VI. Subheadings throughout the précis are numbered from 1 (for the first subheading in chapter I) to 131 (for the last subheading in chapter VI). A contents page (ff 82-84) lists the chapters, subheadings and subheading numbers. Note that a discrepancy appears between the subheading numbers and the subheading contents in chapter VI.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 81, and terminates at f 137, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additonal foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil but, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence 1-105.
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- ‘Précis of correspondence relating to Zanzibar affairs from 1856 to 1872. Prepared by Captain P D Henderson, attached to the Foreign Department’
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- 81r:137v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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