‘Muscat. Liabilities of British subjects entering into slave transactions in His Highness the Imaum’s dominions. Vol: 6’ [‎162r] (17/24)

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. ; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General in Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. It is the sixth in a series of seventeen items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2112/99462, IOR/F/4/2112/99463, IOR/F/4/2112/99464, IOR/F/4/2112/99465, IOR/F/4/2112/99466, IOR/F/4/2112/99468, IOR/F/4/2112/99469, IOR/F/4/2112/99470, IOR/F/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99473, IOR/F/4/2112/99474, IOR/F/4/2112/99475, IOR/F/4/2112/99476, IOR/F/4/2112/99477, and IOR/F/4/2112/99478).

The item concerns the proclamation of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] prohibiting the sale of enslaved people to, or purchase of them from, British subjects, and the importation of British subjects from India. The item concerns the legal implications of this proclamation and the extent of the Bombay criminal court’s jurisdiction over British subjects accused of trading enslaved people while in the territory of the Imaum of Muscat.

The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 872/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5013, Collection No 3 of No 77’.

Extent and format

1 item (12 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 154, and terminates at f 165, 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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