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1. IOR/F/4/2657/175367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2657/175367
Title:
‘Slave Trade. Persian Gulf. Fugitive Slave from – on board the Hon’ble Company’s Steam Frigate Acbar.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 9 July 1855. The enclosures are dated 25 March 1854-26 March 1855. It is the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1854-9 Jul 1855
Extent:
1 item (25 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/2657/175368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2657/175368
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Opinion of the Government of India on the question as to whether the authorities at Bushire have a right to detain those who having escaped from slavery return to that port in the capacity of employees in the vessels of the Indian Navy.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 15 January 1856. The enclosures are dated 9 November-17 December 1855. It is the se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1855-15 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/2660/176085

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2660/176085
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Regarding a Native of Africa sent to Bombay in the Hon’ble Company’s Steamer “Semiramis”.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. The enclosures are dated 30 May-31 July 1856. It is the third in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1856-12 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/2729/198381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2729/198381
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Arrangements for placing 2 slave boys arrived in the Hon’ble Company’s Schooner “Constance” in the African Asylum.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 8 March 1858. The Political Letter appears in IOR/F/4/2728/198372. The enclosures are da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1858-23 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 66-84a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 66-84a
Title:
Political No. 206 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to Measures for the Suppression of the Slave-Trade and the General Condition of Affairs at Zanzibar
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 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the suppression of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1873-15 Dec 1873
Extent:
1 item (24 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 392-396a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/114, ff 392-396a
Title:
Political No. 228 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Paper Relating to the Visit of the Political Agent at Zanzibar to Mombassa
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 26 December 1873 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 19 January 1874, forwarding copies of a paper by the Political Agent and Consul-Genera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1873-19 Jan 1874
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 65-73a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/115, ff 65-73a
Title:
Political No. 8 of 1874, Forwarding Copies of Two Further Letters from the Political Agent, Zanzibar, Relating to his Visit to Mombassa, Melindi, and Lamo, and Reporting the Action Taken by the Government of India Thereon
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 9 January 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 2 February 1874, forwarding copies of two further letters from the Political Agent, Zanz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1874-2 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 item (12 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 330-332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/116, ff 330-332
Title:
Political No. 34 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Seizure of the 'Slave Dhow' by the Governor of Lamo and the Investigation into the Subsequent Actions of the Commander of HMS Daphne
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 13 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 9 March 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the investigation, by the Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1874-9 Mar 1874
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/199-234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/199-234
Title:
File 5: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The majority of the Slave Trade subject files contain papers relating to the manumission of slaves or kidnapping incidents, heard by the Political Residency, and received from the Political Agencies in Bahrain (1924-43) and Muscat (1921-42), and the Native Agent at Sharjah (1921-40). The rest of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1892-1943
Extent:
36 files and volumes (9,000 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1828

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1828
Title:
File A/2 IV Correspondence regarding slaves and their manumission certificates
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers related to individual manumission cases heard by the Political Agency at Muscat. The Agency at Muscat sent details of each case, including copies of the slaves' manumission statements, to the Bahrain Agency (eg. folios 1B, 2). In turn, in those cases w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-14 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)