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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 4 Nov 1851. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Covering letter with two enclosures. The first enclosure (f 34) is a copy of letter no.26 of 1851 from A. Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , dated 13 October 1851. It concerns British consular protection and the right of the British Government to extend or remove such protection, based on the participation of others in the slave trade. Mention is made in this regard to the Imam of Muscat. The second enclosure (f 35) is a copy of letter no.401 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated 4 November 1851. In the letter, Malet confirms receipt of a letter sent by Hamerton Atkins, concerning natives of India trading slaves in Muscat. Malet also encloses extracts from a letter from the Advocate General in Bombay (not included), stating that there is nothing to prevent the Imam of Muscat imposing penalties on those Indian subjects engaged in the slave trade.

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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 33-35

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4 Nov 1851 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.402 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 33-35, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517346.0x000011> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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