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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' [‎15] (23/126)

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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No act is considered binding on the Khojah bodyi or in any way legal that has not
received the assent, either verbal or in writing, of every one of the five members of the
Amuldavi.
The amount raised by the Khojahs for religious purposes and remitted to the Agha
Khan in Bombay was last year 45,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ; this year it will equal 60,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
exclusive of the sum of 12,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. left by will to the Agha Khan.
Every year the number of Khojah pilgrims to Kerbella increases ; this season about
150 set out at the beginning of the south-west monsoon in April and May.
The total mortality from cholera during the late epidemic among the Zanzibar Khojahs
has been 135, or 6^ per cent, of the whole.
Besides the large building or Jematkhana used for the weekly feasts and on other
public occasions, the Khojahs are possessed of other property in town and of the neck of
land uniting Zanzibar town with the island ; this is partly occupied by their cemetery and
mosque.
2. Bohrahs —In the middle of the eighteenth century the Bohrah Mussulmans,
people of Surat, settled on the north-west coa&t of Madagascar, about the same time as
Khojahs from Surat settled in Zanzibar. They next formed trading stations on the
African Coast between Lamo and Patta, an4 to this day still hold in their hands the greater
part of the trade of that region.
During the past fifty years Bohrahs of Surat and Rajcote have ceased to arrive,
but a great emigration has taken place from Kutch.
The Bohrah community in Zanzibar is guided by a Moolla and the chief men of the
sect but possess no well-organized Council like that of the Khojahs. The orders of the
Chief of jguraJt are in jail cases fi nal.
This body possesses separate mosques and burial-grounds in Zanzibar.
In 1870 the statistics of the Bohrah population of Zanzibar were as follows
Adults.
Place of residence.
\
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total.
Houses.
No.
No.
No. i
No.
No.
Zanzibar
f«fl ••• •••
...
75
65
no
250
40
Pemba
••• ••• t■•
...
23
»3
*5
5*
16
Lamo
••• •••
....
20
U
8
42
11
Melinda
••• ••• •••
...
37
•••
• ••
37
21
Mabroni
••• ••• •••
...
4
...
4
2
Mombassa
••• it* •••
...
39
33
70
142
25
Wassein
••• ••• •••
• ••
2
• ••
...
2
2
Tanga
...
31
5
8
44
16
Dar-Salam
••• ••• •••
...
4
4
2
10
4
Quiloa
•••
...
3
f.
• ••
• ••
3
J
Mungao
• M iff*
...
2
1
3

Total
.-•JM
240
>135
213
588
*39
•V-
Total adults
• ••
375
!
!
3. Mehmons.~~1\iZ various Sunni sects of Indian Mahomedans are of little import
ance and few in number in Zanzibar. They do not prqbably exceed 250 individuals.

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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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