Letter no.595 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the purchase of slaves by Indian pilgrims at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 2 of despatch no.30 of 1855 (folio 174) from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December 1855. The extract notes with pleasure the...
Letter no.597 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the recovery of fines imposed upon the chiefs of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Khelat [Kelat] and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] for the import and sale of slaves in their territories. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 4 of despatch no.30 of...
Letter no.606 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the kidnap and sale of a Somallee [Somali] girl by an inhabitant of Soor [Ṣūr]. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 15 from despatch no.30 of 1855 (folio 178) from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December 1855, stating that in the eve...
Letter no.607 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the slave trade between East Africa and the Gulf. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 19 of despatch no.30 of 1855 (folio 186), from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December 1855, stating that Captain Kemball [the previous Persian Gul...
Letter no.604 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the means available to British officials for the suppression of the slave trade between East Africa and the Gulf. Enclosed with the letter are extracts of paragraphs 10 and 11 from despatch no.30 of 1855, from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December...
Letter no.145 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 relates to the forthcoming season’s slave trade between East Africa and the Gulf. Jones writes that most vessels returning with slaves land their cargo at Soor [Ṣūr] or points further south, and then march slaves overland to the Arab coast, in order to avoid British patrols. Jones rec...
Letter no.168 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 an additional engagement to the existing slave trade treaty signed by the British Government and various Arab coast rulers, obliging the rulers to do everything in their power to seize and deliver up to the British any slaves found to have been imported in...
Letter no.3976 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 are a response to Jones’s previous letter announcing an additional engagement signed with the Shaikhs of the Arab coast for the suppression of the slave trade, and Jones’s own recommendations for better prosecution of the slave trade in the Gulf. Anderson requests c...
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...
