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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [653] (697/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. 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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SLAVE TRADE.
ENGAGEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY HIS HIGHNESS THE
IMAUM OF MUSKAT WITH THE BRITISH GOVERN
MENT, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SL4VE
TRADE.
Articles of an Engagement proposed under date the 2dth August 1822
hy Captain Fairfax Moresby, commanding His Britannic
Majesty''s ship Menai, to His Highness the Imaum of Muskat,
for the Prevention of the Slave Trade.
A rticle 1.
The Imaum to agree that all external traffic in slaves shall cease
and be abolished for ever from his dominions and dependencies.
A rticle ii.
The Imaum to agree that all vessels carrying the flag of His Highness,
or belonging to or navigated by his subjects, found or convicted of being
engaged in the traffic of slaves to other places than his dominions, shall
be considered as pirates, and confiscated; the owners, captain, and
officers, shall be treated as pirates, and have their goods and property
forfeited to the Imaum.
A rticle llf.
That all other persons serving on board such vessels as seamen, or in
any capacity, who shall not give information of such unlawful trans
actions to the Imaum or his governors, within three months after the
period of the termination of the voyage, shall be punished by fine,
imprisonment, and corporal infliction.
A rticle IV.
His Highness engages to appoint at such places as His Majesty the
King of Great Britain may wish, habitations for the residence of Consuls,
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
- Title
- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence