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IOR/F/4/2034/92121

Record Id:

041-002237817

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001611628

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001812.0x00002f

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100106893723.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/F/4/2034/92121

Title:

‘Muscat – Slave Trade’

Scope & Content:

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Reuben Aslan, the Native Agent at Muscat. It is the third in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92122, and 92123).

The item concerns:

The liabilities of British subjects at Muscat concerning enslaved people
Possible penalties for boats carrying enslaved people in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf
The rescue of an Indian girl kidnapped from near Hyderabad, who was sold at Muscat by the sister of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id]
The restoration to her husband of an Indian woman from Muscat who lacked the means of returning after a pilgrimage
The legality of purchasing enslaved people for the purpose of emancipation.

The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 3’, 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
040-001611628
041-002237817

Is part of:

IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2034 : Board's Collections Vol 2034 nos 92121 to 92214

IOR/F/4/2034/92121 : ‘Muscat – Slave Trade’

Hierarchy:

032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2038]/040-001611628[0001]/041-002237817

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item (42 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001812.0x00002f

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1843

End Date:

1843

Date Range:

4 Feb 1843-17 Aug 1843

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 45, 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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