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IOR/F/4/2191/107337
- Record Id:
- 041-003476567
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611979
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098466097.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133282735.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2191/107337
- Title:
- ‘Slave Trade. Aden. Arrival at- of a Madras lad named Elmas rescued from slavery at Judda-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 1 October 1846. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107336. The item is the second in a series of five items on the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].
The item relates to the case of Elmas [also rendered in text as Elmass], a youth from Madras [Chennai] who was rescued from enslavement by Archibald Ogilvie, Vice-Consul at Judda [Jeddah], and sent to Aden. The case is reported to the Government of Bombay by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, who is assisting Elmas. The item also contains the Government of Bombay’s subsequent instructions and a letter of gratification for Ogilvie’s service addressed to his superior, Her Majesty’s Consul-General in Egypt.
Elmas’s deposition is included at folio 85.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5698, Draft 542/47, Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 111’, 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
040-001611979
041-003476567 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2191 : Board's Collections Vol 2191 nos 107335 to 107454
IOR/F/4/2191/107337 : ‘Slave Trade. Aden. Arrival at- of a Madras lad named Elmas rescued from slavery at Judda-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2195]/040-001611979[0003]/041-003476567
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098466097.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- Jul 1846-26 Aug 1846
- 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 81, and terminates at f 88, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 82), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Document’ and ‘Date & No. of Consultation’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)