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'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' [‎9] (17/126)

The record is made up of 1 volume (63 folios). It was created in 23 Jun 1906. 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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fr f ro a „?. d s^Hke r'ua'gef as 3 diffenn^ the ordinary head-dress
Among their ranks have been WT mosT biVo h tted m rpUoTders e of"Ancient
the worst peculiarities ot a decaying saperstrtion ; butits^frl,, . n the cmse of
truth'and purit^of^ffe are likely^to'^ve 6 a 'permanent' influence on the .norai history ot
rigid form; while a'visH to y^gjt'and reside 'in ^asT^rica^without
caste privileges, g ^ "mirgatorial observances of no great severity, and
notTent^ling'more than a few days' exclusion from caste and social communion.
■ l>"e been told thata re^ence on an ^^orZdox Hrnd^m'
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observed in practice , anoth P Fast Coast of Africa had become habitual to this class
0 £ visiting and trading wth the [r ast 0 Hindu s tem W e r e invented; and that
an^oM esfabbsh^^and^ profi^ble exception wa^ allowed .oL made in favour of an influential
caste? But none Of tU e P se explanations satisfactorily account lor the anomaly.
i n 7 T^ViAiaVi'? Mehmons, and Bohras are well known
Khojahs, Mehmons, an f A traders who are found everywhere almost
to all residents in Western India as Mahomed n '-ders wno^^ ^ In a
monopolizing, by dint ° f flug ^ ln ^ S t y, the tinman, dealer in marine stores, locksmith, or
Western Indian market town or seaport^ ^ m illinery and small drapery
ironmonger, dealer ,n J 0 °^ g ;^; Se ^ enera ii v 'prohras. The Khojahs and Mehmons are
wares, and most of '^pedlars are ^ Ka , tywar portSi especially Jamnuggur,
mostly occupied in forei g n 1 the f ew Bohras who are engaged in agriculture
Surat, and Bombay, are their usu ^ ^ j the finest cotton -producing villages near
are reckoned among the Similar character in Sind, Cutch, and
Broach, and Khojahs and Me mo regarding their origin or religious tenets,
Kattywar. All thre \f r om want of knowledge or interest m the subject,
partly from reserve, but very q y , • _ rypnerallv turned to business. All are
all their thoughts from their f rl y "f th f dox division of Moslem. The Bjhras
sectaries, deemed more Persian descent; but they, as well as the
and Khojahs seem, ^ part at 1 with var i ous remnants of idolatrous and
Mehmons, are ^ ar ^ h ; history 0 { the Khojahs has been carefully investigated m the
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On the African Coast and in JJ ada ? aS T C ^,. T } iev generally monopolise all that the
kinds of trade usually followed by t em ^ ^ trade in cloth and co tton goods,
Hindu Bhattias and Banians do no p wares i n Madagascar they assert that they
have^be^n^fo^at^sist^century, settled at Nosi Beh and other ports, and that they preceded
the Hindus on the African C ast. ra cfes will be found ; but generally one or
At larger ports a few represen a ives^ ^ ^ ^ srna j ler p or ts. The Bhattias and
other caste will be found 1 P 1 ,? Zanzib th e Khojahs on the islands and mainland
oAh^e^(^latorial^i^imis^and the Bohras to the south in Madagascar, and to the north in
Gallaand Somahland. , : t Dass es through the hands of some
Everywhere, wherever the *\™*^ Qcted { g or the European, American, or Indian market
Indian trader. No produce c * ^stributed to the natives of the country but through
but through him ; no imports can b 4 distribute articles of commerce are
his agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . At every P^t the ^ps wh^ from Zanzihar round by
kept almost exclusively by Indians. 0 Guardafui, we did not, except at Johanna,
Mozambique and Madagascar and up to was an Ind i a n. We could
meet half a dozen exce P^° ns . , h ody of retail traders and local merchants, in Hindus-
converse everywhere were k t in Guzarati or Cutchi. by,
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general, the career of yon g Southern India . Arriving at his future scene of
U = beyond credentials to his fellow-castemen, after, perhaps, a bnef
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This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906.

The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters:

  • Measures for the suppression of slavery and slave trade in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , up to 1873 (ff 5-7);
  • Measures against traffic in slaves by Natives of India (ff 8-16);General measures taken for the suppression of Slave Trade from 1874 to 1905 (ff 16v-22);
  • Anti-Slave Trade Operations (ff 22v-30);
  • Runaway slaves at Gwadur (ff 31-34);
  • Trade in Baluchi slaves from Mekran to the Arab coast (ff 34-35);
  • Reception of fugitive slaves on board Her Majesty's ships of war and other British vessels (ff 35v-38);
  • Grant of protection to fugitive slaves on the Coast (ff 39-40);
  • Some questions of practice of courts (ff 41-45);
  • Miscellaneous questions and facts (ff 45v-48.

In Appendix, Reports on Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1852-1859 (folios 59-61).

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1 volume (63 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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