Letter no.257 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is part of Jones’s continuing discussion with the Government in Bombay about measures to suppress the maritime slave trade from Zanzibar to the Gulf. The letter contains discussion what Jones calls the lack of ‘moral responsibility’ of traders carrying slaves from Zanzibar; the payment...
Letter no.1175 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter and its enclosure relates to an incident in 1856 in which an African slave detained in Ras-ool-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] was released from slavery and sent to the Presidency in order to return to his own country. The enclosure is an extract of paragraph 8 of 1857 from despatch no.8 of 18...
Letter no.240 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to relations between the Shaikh of Ras-el-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr], and the British, over the importation of slaves into the Arabian peninsula. Jones writes that Shaikh Sultan has complained about his treatment by the Britis...
Letter no.1177 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter and its enclosure relate to a complaint made by Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr], the ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, of his unfair treatment at the hands of British officials in relation to prosecution for the slave trade in the region. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of pa...
Letter no.238 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the results of the season’s efforts to suppress the slave trade on the Persian and Arab coasts. Topics covered include: willingness of some of the Arab Shaikhs to follow the new slave trade suppression treaty; resistance to measures on the Persian coast, a...
Letter no.276 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the actions of the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Moolla Ahmed, understood to have exceeded his responsibilities in the seizure of two slaves at Bandar-e Lengeh, and Jones’s efforts to prevent a diplomatic dispute with the Persian authorities. ...
Letter no.308 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing letter no.189 of 1856 (folio 266) from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Jones, dated 10 September 1856. Ethersey’s letter concerns the despatch of 59 slaves retrieved from trading vessels to Bombay on board the Vic...
Letter no.311 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the surrender of two slaves to the British Agent at Sharjah, by a Shaikh under the authority of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr]. Jones writes that the slaves have reached Bassidore, where they are in the care of Commodore Richard Ethersey, Comma...
Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, relating to British efforts to suppress the slave trade to the Gulf. the enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.185 of 1856 (folio 272) from Ethersey to Jones, d...
Letter no.4787 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the slave trade, and the surrender of two slaves at Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] to the Persian authorities, who were originally seized illegally by the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh. Anderson requests that Jones explain why he surrendered the two slaves, wh...
