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IOR/F/4/2087/96923
- Record Id:
- 041-003476668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611754
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098589962.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120259866.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2087/96923
- Title:
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‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 4’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. It is the fourth in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, 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 a proclamation which was made at Muscat by Syed Thoeenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] prohibiting the buying or selling of enslaved people from India, and a comparison of the actual proclamation with what the British had believed was the intention of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and with what the Imaum of Muscat himself had intended.
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
041-003476668 - 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/4/2087/96923 : ‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 4’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2091]/040-001611754[0004]/041-003476668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098589962.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 12 Jul 1844-27 Nov 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 890 and terminates at f 894, 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)