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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Slave trade Name Sultan of Zanzibar, 1856-1964

1. IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 1058-1061

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/262, ff 1058-1061
Title:
The Slave Trade at Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 202 of 1869, dated 24 June 1869, with an enclosure numbered 2, dated 28 May 1869. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secretary to the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1869
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 29-31a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 29-31a
Title:
Political No. 204 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Capture by the Governor of Lamoo of a 'Slave Dhow' with 217 'Slaves' on Board
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November and received via Brindisi on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of two letters from the Political Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1873-15 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 211-211a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 211-211a
Title:
Political No. 19 of 1874, Acknowledging Receipt of Political No. 242 and Giving Cover to an Authenticated English Translation of the Recent Slave Trade Treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar, and Drawing Attention to an Apparent Discrepancy Compared with the Proposed Treaty Modified by Dr Kirk
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 23 January. The despatch acknowledges receipt of the Secretary of State for India's Secret and Political Department Despatch No. 242 dated 5 December 1873, giving ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1874
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/9
Title:
Papers regarding Zanzibar, Vol 9 - further correspondence regarding the slave trade on the east coast of Africa - efforts made by the Sultan of Zanzibar to check the traffic in slaves in Zanzibar waters - his decree of 22 Mar 1868 etc.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1868-6 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/11
Title:
Papers regarding Zanzibar, Vol 11 - Proposals of Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath for regulating the local Zanzibar slave trade
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 1 of 6 January 1869, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of India...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1868-6 Jan 1869
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B83
Title:
Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression
Scope & Content:
This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1869
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/18/B90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B90
Title:
Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
This file contains a selection of correspondence, extracts and reports regarding the involvement of British subjects from the Princely State of Kutch [Cutch] in the slave trade in Zanzibar and attempts by the British Government to end this involvement. Much of the correspondence is from Britai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870
Extent:

1 file (28 folios)