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‘Muscat. Soomallee Slave boy. Vol: 7’ [‎918r] (13/20)

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The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 17 Apr 1844-5 Dec 1844. 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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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters 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. [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: 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. ; Rubil bin Uslan [Reuben bin Aslan], British Agent at Muscat; Yakoob bin Bushire [Yakub bin Bushehr], Acting British Agent at Muscat; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the seventh in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).

The item concerns the rescue of a Somali man named Ibrahim from slavery in Muscat by the British Agent Rubil bin Uslan, and his arrival in Bombay.

The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 912, and terminates at f 921, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

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