‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Relative to the discovery and rescue at Muscat, of a Slave Girl who had been kidnapped from her own Country and sold into Slavery.-’

Content

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from 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. to the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 22 November 1854-8 August 1855.

The item relates to updates provided by Khojeh Hiskale [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on a recent case involving an enslaved Soomali [Somali, also rendered in text as Somaly and Somalee] girl who was brought to Muscat. In particular, attention is paid to the efforts of Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to find and punish the man who sold her (Salim ben Mahomed ben Salim ul Mukhetee [Sālim bin Muḥammad bin Sālim al-Mukhṭī?], a native of Soor [Sur]).

Kemball forwards the updates, along with his own comments, to 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. .

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4 of No. 86 of 1855.' but this has been crossed out.

Extent and format

1 item (7 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 619), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 618, and terminates at f 624, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/2614/164855

History of this record

Date(s)

22 Nov 1854-28 Aug 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Slave trade

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Political ResidentGovernment of BombayNative Agent

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‘Persian Gulf Slave Trade. Relative to the discovery and rescue at Muscat, of a Slave Girl who had been kidnapped from her own Country and sold into Slavery.-’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/2614/164855, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100109043536.0x000001> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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