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IOR/F/4/905/25664*

Record Id:

041-000742682

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-000742680

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001762.0x00015a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/F/4/905/25664*

Title:

‘Slave Trade’

Scope & Content:

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters to and from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay; the Government of Bengal; the East India Company Court of Directors; Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen of HMS Leven; Henry Hardy, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Thomas Tanner, Commander of the Antelope; Commodore Joseph Nourse, Commander of His Majesty’s Ships at the Cape of Good Hope.

The item concerns:

The state of the slave trade at Mozambique, Madagascar, and Johanna [Anjouan]
The liberation of three Christian women from Bahrein [Bahrain], who had been kidnapped from Mangalore
Owen’s survey expedition and suggestions for the suppression of the slave trade.

Folios 23-33 of the item are duplicates of ff 46-55 of IOR/F/4/785/21163; ff 37-50 of the item are duplicates of ff 276-287 of IOR/F/4/913/25778; ff 51-57 of the item are duplicates of ff 7-12 of IOR/F/4/914/25779.

The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 938, Draft 438, P.C. 391, [Season] 26/7’ and ‘Examiner’s Office 1826’.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000742680
041-000742682

Is part of:

IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/905 : Board's Collections Vol 905

IOR/F/4/905/25664* : ‘Slave Trade’

Hierarchy:

032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0907]/040-000742680[0002]/041-000742682

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item (47 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1823

End Date:

1824

Date Range:

6 Feb 1823-1 Dec 1824

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 12, and terminates at f 58, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

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