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IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 376-395
- Record Id:
- 041-003708139
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108835790.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000015
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 376-395
- Title:
- Muscat Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1850, dated 3 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 5 September to 30 November 1850.
The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat, including. Among the subjects of discussion is the destruction by the marines of HMS Castor of barracoons at ‘Kerringe in the Mozambie River’ [Zambezi River] and the capture of the ‘Banians’ engaged in the trafficking of enslaved people in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat. This activity took place on the mainland of East Africa and involved the British forces exchanging the Sultan of Tonge [Tsonga] for the ‘Banian’ prisoners.
The main correspondents are Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (also referred to as HM Consul, Zanzibar), and the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The item also features a minute from the Governor of Bombay.
- 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
040-000539312
041-003708139 - 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/5/466 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 104
IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 376-395 : Muscat Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0104]/040-000539312[0021]/041-003708139
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (20 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000015
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 3 Dec 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 74 of 1850
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)