‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 2’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from 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. . It is the second in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25777 and IOR/F/4/914/25779). The principal correspondents are the governments of Bombay and Bengal; Robert Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius; Fairfax Moresby, Commander of HMS Menai ; the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

The item concerns:

• Moresby’s capture of the Industry , a ship engaged in the slave trade
• Agreements with the Imaum of Muscat about the slave trade and port dues
• French attempts to establish a new base at Madagascar
• The state of the slave trade at Zanzibar
• Negotiation of the Moresby Treaty with the Imaum of Muscat, including a map of the Moresby Line (f 214)
• Explanations of the Moresby Treaty and the differences between the English and Arabic versions
• Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen’s survey expedition in HMS Leven and his observations on the slave trade
• Liberation of three Christian women from Bahrein, who had been kidnapped from Mangalore.

Folios 151-257 of the item are duplicates of folios 86-187 of IOR/F/4/746/20306, with some minor insertions, omissions, and alteration of sequence. Folios 263-271 of the item are duplicates of folios 46-53 of IOR/F/4/785/21163.

The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 943, Draft 8, P.C. 423, [Season] 1827/28’.

Extent and format

1 item (140 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 148, and terminates at f 287, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/913/25778

History of this record

Date(s)

10 May 1821-26 Dec 1823 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bombay Pol 17 Oct 1827, draft 8/1827-28, IOR/E/4/1048 pp 291-315

Subjects

Slave tradeTreatiesAbductionAbolition of slavery

Places

BahreinZanzibarMadagascarMauritius

People & organisations

Government of BombayImam of OmanGovernor of MauritiusFairfax Moresby

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‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 2’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/913/25778, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001762.0x000193> [accessed 21 June 2026]

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