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IOR/L/PS/18/B83
- Record Id:
- 040-000563214
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000102
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023608762.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563214 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B83 : Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0103]/040-000563214
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x000102
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 29 Oct 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Arrangement:
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)