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IOR/F/4/2191/107338
- Record Id:
- 041-003476568
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611979
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098466307.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133282810.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2191/107338
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Modes in which Slaves are stolen and carried away from Zanzibar by inhabitants of the Arabian Coast-’
- 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, 29 January 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107336. The item is the third in a series of five items on the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].
The item contains a report by Moullah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], on the numerous ways in which enslaved people are seized and transported from Zanzibar and Sowahil [suwāḥil or ‘coasts’ in Arabic] by inhabitants of the Arabian Coast [of the Gulf]. The report also includes Moullah Houssein’s findings concerning enslaved Soomalees [Somali people] and Abyssinians.
The report is addressed to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who forwards it on to the Government of Bombay. It is then forwarded on to, amongst others, Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Company’s Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, with instructions to bring the Imam’s attention to this subject.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5698, Draft 542/47, Vol: 3’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 7’, 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
041-003476568 - 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/4/2191/107338 : ‘Persian Gulf. Modes in which Slaves are stolen and carried away from Zanzibar by inhabitants of the Arabian Coast-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2195]/040-001611979[0004]/041-003476568
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098466307.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 21 Oct 1846-23 Jan 1847
- 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 89, and terminates at f 95, 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 90), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Document’ and ‘Date & No. of Consultation’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)