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IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/9
- Record Id:
- 041-000543410
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000539940
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000230.0x000208
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 Foreign Department Letter Political No. 192 of 29 October 1868 to the Secretary of State for India (received 14 December 1868). The papers concern the trafficking of enslaved people in Zanzibar and the efforts of the British Government and Syed Majid [Sayyid Mājid bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Zanzibar, to put down the trade in enslaved people. The collection was compiled for information purposes for the Secretary of State for India to compose the answering Political Despatch.
The main correspondents are the following: the Government of Bombay; the Secretary of the Government of India; the Political Agent, Zanzibar; and the Sultan of Zanzibar.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000539940
040-000543401
041-000543410 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/459-602 : Collections to India Political Dispatches
IOR/L/PS/6/560 : ‘INDIA POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 1. TO 15. 1869.’, Vol 101
IOR/L/PS/6/560, Coll 1/9 : Papers regarding Zanzibar, Vol 9 - further correspondence regarding the slave trade on the east coast of Africa -… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0034]/037-000539940[0102]/040-000543401[0009]/041-000543410
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 29 Oct 1868-6 Jan 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Coll 1/9
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar, 1841-1914
Sultan of Zanzibar, 1856-1964 - Subjects:
- Reports
Slave trade - Places:
- Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Africa
- Related Material:
- See also Ind Pol 6 Jan 1869, 1/1869, IOR/L/PS/6/457 pp 1529-32