File 13/2 II 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY' [8r] (15/142)
The record is made up of 1 file (69 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1941-9 Aug 1948. 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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No. C/321.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
& s Consulate
Muscat, the 19th April, 1941.
From
Major T. Hickinbotham, O.B.E.,
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.
&. K.B.M's Consul,
Muscat
To
The Hon'ble the Political Besident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Bushire
\
Sir
I have the honour to refer to your telegram No. T/170
dated the 4th April, 1941, and to enclose: a copy of a letter which
I have received from Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal, the Sultan^
Representative, with the enclosurer thereto.
2
Early in December Abdullah bin Mohammad of Gabrin, Iranian
v Mekran, reported that his wife and children had been kidnapped from
hie home and taken to Suwaiq by one Hakimak son of Chiragh, an
Iranian subject. The man was given a letter by this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the
Minister for External Affairs asking him to have enquiries made.
The result of such enquiries as the Minister had been able to make
had not been communicated to me by March the 12th when the woman
Maryam wife of Abdullah bin Mohammad came to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and stated
that her husband had found her but that they had neither of them
been able to secure the release of the children. According to the
woman Maryam she and the children were landed at Suwaiq and taken to
the house of Zainab bint Chiragh. Later the children were taken
from there and were handed over to Sheikh Hilal bin Hamad of the al
Sa’ad, whose name has been rather too prominent in previous cases of
a like nature, who is supposed to have concealed the children in
his house pending an opportunity to send them into the interior of
Arabia. A reference was made at once to Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal,
the Sultan's Representative.
3. Saiyid Shahab bin Faisal suggested that the woman should
take a /
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave traffic on the Batina Coast [Al Bāţinah], as well as the searching of Persian dhows in Muscat territorial waters.
The principal correspondents are 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. , Muscat, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (69 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-56; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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