The item consists of five letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The letters refer to recent activities connected to the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, especially Judda [Juddah], Bahrein [Bahrain], Oman, and ...
‘Judda Slave Trade Alleged sale of slaves at the port of Judda by a shopkeeper in Bombay.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 21 May 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the second in a series of sev...
‘Egyptian Mission. Visit of Beghet Aga Effendi on a Mission from the Vice Roy -Further proceedings reported-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 August 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the third in a series of s...
‘Egypt. Course to be adopted relative to the Slaves who were brought by Beghet Aga Effendi to Bombay.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 September 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the fourth in a series of seven items...
‘Africa- Slave trade supposed to be carried on by the Portuguese in parts of South Africa.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 October 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the fifth in a series of seven items ab...
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the importation of Slaves into Oman and Ras-el-Khymah.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the sixth in a series of seven items a...
‘Persian Gulf. Capture of two Slavers by Lieutenant Stradling, Commanding the “Constance”- Payment of Head-money to Officers on the seizure of Slaves.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the seventh in a series of seven items...
