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

Content

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’.

Extent and format

1 item (10 folios)

Physical characteristics

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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English in Latin script

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