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1. IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 314-383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/401, ff 314-383
Title:
Measures in progress for the suppression of the traffic in slaves
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 2, 3, 7-10, 12, 13, 16-20, 22-24, 27-30, 32-39, 42, 43 and 45 to dispatch no. 108 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 28 October-28 December 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to instances of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1841
Extent:
1 item (70 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 388-547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/413, ff 388-547
Title:
The Mission to Shoa
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 115 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 4 July to 14 October 1842, and relate to the mission to Shoa [Shewa]. The enclosure...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1842
Extent:
1 item (160 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 348-432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 348-432
Title:
‘Affairs of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-41 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 27 August-27 November 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and East Africa, including: Reports that an a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1844
Extent:
1 item (85 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 356-359

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/481, ff 356-359
Title:
Muscat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1854, dated 29 August 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 7-22 July 1854. The enclosures comprise the following: a letter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1854
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/6/106, ff 113-115a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/106, ff 113-115a
Title:
Political No. 13 of 1873, Supplying Information Required by the Lords of the Treasury, with Regard to Expenses Incurred on Account of ‘Liberated’ Enslaved People, and Expressing the Opinion that the Amount in Question should be regarded as an Imperial Charge
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 17 January 1873, supplying information required by the Lords of the Treasury, with regard to expenses incurred on account of ‘liberated’ enslaved people...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1873
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/6/106, ff 122-124a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/106, ff 122-124a
Title:
Political No. 13 of 1873, Supplying Information Required by the Lords of the Treasury, with Regard to Expenses Incurred on Account of ‘Liberated’ Enslaved People, and Expressing the Opinion that the Amount in Question should be regarded as an Imperial Charge
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 17 January 1873, supplying information required by the Lords of the Treasury, with regard to expenses incurred on account of ‘liberated’ enslaved people,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1873-10 Jul 1873
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/109, ff 361-362a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/109, ff 361-362a
Title:
Political No. 102 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Regarding the Arrangements Made for the Accommodation and Supervision of Rescued Enslaved People when Landed from HM Cruisers at Aden and Bombay
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 23 June 1873, forwarding copies of papers regarding the arrangements made for the accommodation and supervision of rescued enslaved people when landed f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Jun 1873
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 333-357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 333-357
Title:
Political No. 66 of 1874, Forwarding for Consideration Copies of Correspondence Relating to Certain Questions which have Arisen Regarding the Jurisdiction of the Political Agent at Zanzibar in Dealing with Breaches of the Slave Laws
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 2 April 1874 and received via Brindisi on 27 April 1874, forwarding, for consideration, copies of correspondence relating to certain questions which have...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1874-27 Apr 1874
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 402-408a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/117, ff 402-408a
Title:
Political No. 68 of 1874, Forwarding with Observations a Copy of a Letter from Dr Kirk Giving Cover to a Correspondence with the Foreign Office on Certain Matters Connected with the Slave Trade Treaty of June 1873 with the Sultan of 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 10 April 1874, forwarding with observations a copy of a letter from Dr John Kirk, Political Agent and Consul-General at Zanzibar, giving cover to a corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1874
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 332-349

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/692, ff 332-349
Title:
Aden, Hajee Abdool Kereem bin Amber Davood Master and sole owner of the "Soobloo Salam": Trial of - on a charge of having purchased three slaves.
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 76 of 5 August 1859, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1859-5 Aug 1859
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)