"مختارات من سجلات حكومة بومباي" [‎٦‎٥‎٧] (٧٣٣/٧٠١)

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slave trade
of by them (British ships) after
four months from the date of the
permission required in the pre
ceding requisition (V.).
(Signed)
Seal of His High
ness the Imaum
of Muskat.
Dated 1th September 1822.
(True translation)
(Signed) W m. S imson,
Deputy Persian Secretary to Government.
Additional Requisition made by Captain M oresby on His Highness
the I maum of M uskat, on the §th September 1822, and agreed
to by His Highness on the 1 Oth of the same month.
Additional Requisition by Cap
tain M oresby.
That it may be understood in
the most comprehensive manner
where Arab ships are liable to
seizure by His Majesty the King
ol England's cruisers, after the
expiration of four months, the
Imanm to authorise that the Kino-
o
of England's cruisers finding Arab
ships with slaves on board to the
eastward of a line drawn from
Cape Delgado, passing (60) sixty
miles east of Socotra, on to Diu
Head, forming the western point
ol the Gulf of Cambay (unless
driven by stress of weather), shall
be seized and treated by His Ma
jesty's cruisers in the same man
ner as il they were under the
English flag.
Answer by His Highness the
I maum.
I permit to the Captains of His
Majesty the King of England's
cruisers, to seize vessels to the
eastward of the line drawn by
Captain Moresby, but confine the
permission to the King of Eng
land's cruisers, and not the Com
pany's.
(Signed) S yud S aeed.
Seal of His
Highness the
Imaum of
Muskat.
(Signed) F. M oresby,
Captain, His Majesty's Ship Menai.
10th September 1822.