"مُلخّص المراسلات المتعلّقة بشؤون زنزبار من ١٨٥٦ إلى ١٨٧٢." أعدّه النقيب ب. د. هندرسون، الملحق بالإدارة الخارجية" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٤] (١١٤/٦٨)

Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid.
unbecoming manner, and in open Durbar, the share due to hira of his deceased
father's estate, Syed Majid told him he was a silly boy, and slapped him on the
face. Abdool Azeez half drew his sword, but was removed by the guards in
attendance, and shortly after this he was imprisoned in irons in the fort, on
the grounds that he had entered into a conspiracy against his brother's life
and contemplated rebellion. The Sultan determined on banishing him, and
he was accordingly made over to the care of Syed Burgash, who was just then
about to proceed to Bombay to obtain medical advice for himself. It may
here be mentioned that, according to Colonel Playfair, Syed Burgash's conduct
since his return to Zanzibar had been most exemplary. He had lived in
strict seclusion, and had never attempted, by word or deed, to weaken his
brother's influence, or regain his own. Syed Majid, however, refused distinctly
to be reconciled to him, or to make him any allowance.— (FoliticaL A, June
1865, Nos. 149-150.;
67. V isit of S yed M ajed to bombat .—On the 6th June 1865 Syud
Majid landed in Bombay, whither he had been invited on a visit to His
Excellency the Governor. Colonel Taylor, c. b ., of the Retired List, was deputed
to attend His Highness. ^ The Sultan brought some presents valued at twenty-
six thousand odd rupees, in return for which the Bombay Government proposed
presenting him with the steam yacht Thule, which was to be had for
Rupees 45,000. The Government of India were at first unwilling to make a
return present so far exceeding in value those received; but the Bombay
Government received the instruction too late to retrace the steps that had been
taken in respect to the Thule, which was eventually presented to the Sultan
by Dr. Livingstone at Zanzibar.— A, November 1865, Nos. 210-211
July 1866, No*. 27-28.;
tvt 68 * proposei) establishment of a coal dep6t at A bd el K oori .—-
In March 1867 Dr. Seward proposed that the Island of Abd el Koori should
be occupied as a coaling and provision depot for the squadron employed in the
suppression of slavery in the Zanzibar waters, and also as a temporary depot
for treed slaves. This island lies between Socotra and Gardafui, and is owned
hy the Sultan of Socotra. It was represented by the Resident at Aden to be
uninhabited. ?so supplies were procurable, and it would have been necessary
to transport all the requirements of the station from Aden. The Commodore
on the east coast station gave an opinion adverse to the proposal, which was,
therefore, abandoned.— A, March 1867, Nos. 219-21.^
i-enfrpnm^wf fTf ET THE MAFiTi.—In March 1868 the Political
the eoiintrv t ti Mu' ? Warlike tribe of Ceritral Africa ' had overrun
that X7 A f nei fc rh00d . 0f ,, I f eelwa ' aQd had defeated tlbe ^rrison of
assistance ol .ff f despatched from Zanzilmr to their
assistance One effect of this raid, he said, would be to nrevent the slave
caravans from reaching the coast from the Nyassa. P
0F VESSELS rP ; 0VI 1 D ™ CONSULAR PASSES BEING
decision of tho Pov 1U1ISIl f Novemb er 1868 was submitted for the
ortbr nearlv . vr.Tf 0f ^ I cor " :s P™dcnce that had been carried
Government' conn ^t ketween the 1 ohtical Agent, Zanzibar, and the Bombav
rnment, connected with a question raised by the former as to whether
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