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IOR/L/PS/6/740, ff 366-378
- Record Id:
- 041-004534465
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000543849
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100180980225.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/6/740, ff 366-378
- Title:
- ‘Zanzibar’
- Scope & Content:
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This item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 22 of 4 June 1868, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bombay’s Political Despatch No. 5 of 18 April 1868 to the Secretary of State for India, received 9 May 1868, on the subject of the trade in enslaved people in Zanzibar. Also discussed are travels and expeditions by Dr David Livingstone on the East Coast of Africa. The collection was compiled for information purposes for the Secretary of State for India to compose the answering Political Despatch.
The enclosed papers consist of copies of correspondence and Government of Bombay resolutions. The main correspondents are the following: the Government of Bombay, the Government of India; the Under-Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent and Consul of Zanzibar; Dr David Livingstone; and Dr John Kirk.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000543849
040-000543916
041-004534465 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/674-760 : Collections to Bombay Political Dispatches
IOR/L/PS/6/740 : ‘BOMBAY POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. NOS. 13. TO 28. 1867.’, Vol 67
IOR/L/PS/6/740, ff 366-378 : ‘Zanzibar’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0044]/037-000543849[0067]/040-000543916[0003]/041-004534465
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1868
- Date Range:
- 18 Apr 1868-4 Jun 1868
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Coll 22/2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Kirk, John, Knight, naturalist and political agent, 1832-1922
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873
Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar, 1841-1914 - Subjects:
- Slave trade
- Places:
- East Africa, Africa
Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Africa