"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٣] (١١٤/٦٥)

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Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to tho death of Syed Majid.
fiom the governorship of Lamoo for his conduct to Salim Jubran has been entirely approved by
Her Majesty^s Government, who will hold the local authorities responsible for any injuries that
may be committed either Irom Salim Jubran or any other persons who may be employed in
furnishing 1 the English Consul or Her Majesty^s naval officers with information respecting the
slave trade. 1 have communicated these instructions to the Sultan by letter, and His High-
ness s reply is to the effect that Salim Jubran was imprisoned not for giving information to the
English Consul but for ill-conduct in the town."
Meantime, as Syed Saood had been reinstated as Governor of Lamoo,
Colonel Felly asked for instructions as to what steps he should take in the
matter, adding that Syed Saood was the only man fit for the post. The Bombay
Government desired Colonel Pelly to express neither approval nor dis
approval of the measure, and these instructions were approved by the Govern
ment of India. Later in the year Colonel Pelly received instructions from
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to demand the instant dismissal of
Syed Saood. Colonel Pelly explained to Earl Russell his reasons for thinking
the measure highly inexpedient, reported that the Sultan entertained strong
objections to the step, and that he had, therefore, refrained from pressing the
• The result of Colonel Felly's remon- flatter Until receipt of further instructions. All
strance was not reported for the in- the foreign consuls had protested asrainst the
formation of the Government of India. demarid being ilisisted on< *
60. Unsuccessful expedition against tribes on the mainland .—On
the 1st January 1862 Colonel Pelly reported the return to Zanzibar of an
unsuccessful expedition against the Chief of the Wazaramo tribe on the main
land, who was in rebellion against the Sultan.— (Political, A, April 1862.
Nos. 178-185, May 1862, Nos. 172-173.^
61. Conclusion of a commercial treaty between Zanzibar and
Portugal .—In a letter dated 10th January 1862, Colonel Pelly submitted
information regarding the negotiations carried on by the Governor General of
the Portuguese Settlements for the conclusion of a commercial treaty— {vide
supra paragraph 57.) The Governor General had attempted to introduce a clause
providing for an alteration of the existing frontier between Mozambique and
the Zanzibar territory. The River Mimnene had hitherto formed the actual
boundary, but it was sought to extend the Portuguese territory slightly to the
northwards by giving as the boundary an imaginary line drawn inland trom
Cape Delgado. At Colonel Pelly's advice, given in his private capacity, the
Sultan demurred to the proposal, on which the Portuguese Governor General
threatened to break off the commercial treaty and take his departure.
Colonel Pelly then, as British Agent, officially informed the Sultan that only a
few months had elapsed since he accepted the definition of his kingdom
under the arbitration of the Viceroy of India, and that it would not
be seemly to alter that definition without first consulting the Viceroy.
Colonel Pelly had, as Her Majesty's Consul, been ordered to protest against
granting the Portuguese any further concessions of territory which might
give them any pretence for interfering with the mouth of the iloovoma River,
and he announced his intention of carrying out these instructions, if the
Sultan showed any disposition to cede territory to the Portuguese. Thus
encouraged, the Sultan showed a bold front, and the Portuguese Governor
General was obliged to content himself with obtaining a commercial treaty
minus the boundary clause. During the progress of negotiations a question
arose regarding an article in it providing for the mutual deputation of Consuls.
The Portuguese Governor General objected that, if the functions of a Portu
guese Consul at Zanzibar were limited to questions of trade, while some of