'Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B' [‎5] (13/126)

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Treaties, Farmans, enact
ments, etc.
Decree of the Sultan
of Zanzibar, dated
22nd March 1868.
Notice of the Sultan
of Zanzibar, dated
3rd May 1868.
British notification,
dated 20th January
J 869, by Mr. Churchill
at Zanzibar.
British notification by
Mr. Churchill at
Zanzibar, dated 21st
January 1869.
Proclamation of the
Rao of Kutch, dated
24th April 1869.
32 and 33 Vict., C. 75
Letter from Salim-bin-
Sultan, Chief of Shar-
gab, to the Acting
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ,
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated
26th February 1873.
Letter from Sheikh
Zaid-bio-Khalifa,
Chief of Abu Thabi,
to the Acting Re
sident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
dated 5th March
1873.
Treaty between Her
Majesty and the
Sultan of Maskat,
14th April 1873.
Prohibiting the traffic in slaves between
Kilwa and Lamo during the monsoon,
namely, from ist of January to 30th
May.
Warning Northern Arabs that dhows com
ing from the slave trading coast of Arabia
will be seized and burnt.
Prohibiting slave trade by Kutchees and
other natives of India, and ordering them
to produce lists of slaves in their posses
sion.
Warning natives of India in the Zanzibar
dominions that the provisions of the
Indian Penal Code shall be enforced in
cases of all their transactions connected
with slaves.
Prohibiting traffic in slaves by his subjects
in Zanzibar dominions.
Proclaiming that the claims and disputes
with other persons of any of his subjects
who reside in, or frequent for the purposes
of trade, the ports of Maskat and other
places in Africa and Arabia and the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ^nd in other countries shall
be settled by the British Government in
the same way as if they were his own
subjects.
Act to regulate and extend the jurisdiction
of Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar
in regard to vessels captured on suspicion
of being engaged in the slave trade
and for other purposes relating thereto.
Acknowledging receipt of the Resident's
letter with two copies of treaties entered
into by his father, and stating that he
has prohibited all his subjects and vessels
being engaged in slave trade, and that
he seizes, according to the terms of the
treaty, all slaves, and makes them over
to the Government Agent,
Assuring that the treaty regarding the
importation of slaves remains intact, and
that he is always careful that it is not
infringed.
(1) Declaring that the import of slaves
from Africa to the Sultan's dominions
shall entirely cease, and that any vessels
engaged in transport of slaves shall
be liable to seizure and condemnation
by such naval and other officers or
agents, and such courts as may be autho
rized by Her Majesty; and that all
persons hereafter entering the Sultan's
dominions and dependencies shall be free.
Where printed.
Hertslet's Treaties Vol
ume XIII, page 1013.
Hertslet's Treaties,
Volume XIII, page
1014.
Hertslet's Treaties,
Volume XIII, page
1014.
Hertslet's Treaties,
Volume XII, page
1015.
Hertslet's Treaties,
Volume XIV, page
1069.
Aitchison's Treaties,
Volume , page .
Hertslet's Treaties,
Volume XIII, page
1016.
Aitchison's Treaties,
Volume X, page 139.
Ditto.
Aitchison's Treaties,
Volume XI, page 77.
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