The letters concern the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] and, in particular, a new Act passed by the British Parliament relating to the trade, as well as reports on the trade being carried out in numerous places in and around the Persian Gulf. The first letter is dated 31 March 1849. En...
‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Importation of Slaves into Rassel Khyma and Sharga, by the subjects of Shekh Sultan bin Suggur.~’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1849. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2343/123024. The item r...
‘Muscat. Relative to an Act of Parliament for carrying into effect the agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and His Highness the Imam of Muscat, for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 23 June 1849. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2343/123024. The item re...
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 25 July 1849. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2343/123024. The item re...
