'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar' [37v] (24/24)
The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 15-20 Jul 1868. 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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*24
Officer to be sent, and he is now there. During his
brief incumbency we have twice been drawn into
active support of the parricide Sultan against his
Uncle Toorkee and his insurgent subjects.]
H. B. E. Frere.
July 20th, 1868.
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Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable to Muscat), Persia's desire for a naval presence in the Gulf, the suppression of piracy, the preferred nationality of the Agent at Muscat, and the protection of British subjects trading in the region. The memorandum contains proposals for change in the way the region is administered.
Several postscripts consist of extensive extracts from correspondence between Frere and John Lawrence, Viceroy of India, between 23 March 1866 and 12 June 1866. Included within this is a table of trade statistics entitled: Statement showing the Value of Trade between the Port of Bombay and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (including Muscat), during the last five years, viz., from 1860-61 to 1864-65, as compared with the Trade twenty years ago, in 1844-45 , signed by A F Bellasis, Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, 27 March 1866.
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- 12 folios
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Foliation: ff 26-37.
Pagination: there is an original, printed pagination system, from 1 to 24.
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- 'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
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- 26r:37v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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