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IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232
- Record Id:
- 041-003678414
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100105229991.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000c
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232
- Title:
- The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 99 of 1848, dated 15 November 1848. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 5 October to 14 November 1848.
The enclosures consist of letters from the Political Agent at Aden (Stafford Bettesworth Haines) to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet), minutes by the Governor of Bombay subscribed to by the Board, and a letter from Malet to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General. They concern the suppression of the trade in enslaved people on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts, including the opinions and suggestions of the Political Agent at Aden regarding the measures which should be adopted for achieving this, and the results of his efforts to encourage Sheik [Shaikh] Ali Shermarkhi [Hadjdji 'Ali Shermerki] of Zeyla [Zeila] to co-operate with the British Government in entirely abolishing the traffic in enslaved people within his limits.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539304
041-003678414 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/458 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 96
IOR/L/PS/5/458, ff 221-232 : The Trade in Enslaved People on the Red Sea and Arabian Coasts - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0096]/040-000539304[0008]/041-003678414
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122005753.0x00000c
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 15 Nov 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 99 of 1848
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatches, numbered 1-7, on folios 222-223. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)