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IOR/F/4/2087/96920
- Record Id:
- 041-003476661
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611754
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098589758.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121701154.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2087/96920
- Title:
- ‘Slave Trade Vol 1’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).
The item concerns:
- The acquittal of Ali bin Abdulla [‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh], the supercargo of the Aden Merchant on a charge of trading enslaved people
- The release of enslaved people at Muscat
- The prohibition of selling enslaved people at Muscat
- The translation of the Moresby Treaty
- Enslaved people liberated from Zanzibar, Muscat, and Bahrein [Bahrain]
- The treaties prohibiting the sale of Somalis, agreed to by the Arab tribes
- The agreement between Bourbon [Réunion] and the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to import free labourers into Bourbon.
The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611754
041-003476661 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2087 : Board's Collections Vol 2087 nos 96828 to 96938
IOR/F/4/2087/96920 : ‘Slave Trade Vol 1’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2091]/040-001611754[0001]/041-003476661
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098589758.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1844-31 Dec 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 797 and terminates at f 809, 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 chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)