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IOR/F/4/2014/89996
- Record Id:
- 041-001000756
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000897905
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000659.0x000016
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122787259.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2014/89996
- Title:
- ‘Slave Trade – Volume 1’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89997, 89998, 89999, 90000, 90001, and 90002).
The item concerns:
- A possible mistranslation and misinterpretation of Article Three of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf of 1822
- An increase in the trade in enslaved people in Zanzibar
- Individual cases of emancipation
- The possibility of issuing a general proclamation to emancipate all enslaved people found on vessels that do not belong to nations which have a special arrangement about slavery.
The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000897905
041-001000756 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2014 : Board's Collections Vol 2014 nos 89952 to 90030
IOR/F/4/2014/89996 : ‘Slave Trade – Volume 1’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2018]/040-000897905[0006]/041-001000756
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (19 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000659.0x000016
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 25 Feb 1843-16 Jun 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 146, and terminates at f 164, 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.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)