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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' [‎93] (101/126)

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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Affairs in a letter to President, Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. ,
dated May 2, 1853, highly commendei judicious-
ness^ of Captain Kemball's proceedings on the
Persian Coast.
Vide enclosure to Mr. Secretary Malet's commu
nication to Captain Kemball, No. 157 of I u I t
12, 1852. J 7
19. As regards the Persian ports, however, remonstrances from the Resident,
Her Majesty 's Secretary of State for Foreign t ^ e ac rive CO -Operation of the Persian
Slave Commissioners, supported by the
presence of our vessels Qf war and by the
material aid derived from Her Majesty's
Mission at the Court of Persia, had been
productive of much good. Numbers of
t 1 . . 11, . slaves had been manumitted. Numbers
of s ave importers had been punished. The I n am of Maskat, too, had paid
a W'lhng deference o our appeals, and two of His Highness' vessels had been
seized and sent to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. for adjudication. But the ports of Oman
from our inability to detach vessels at the proper season, and in sufficient numbers
to intercept their boats, and from our inability to claim slaves when thny had
been landed, were revelling and glorying in their impunity.
20. Captain Kemball brought his important fact prominently to the notice of
Government m the month of January 1854, and earnestly begged that a remedv
might be applied.
" He further expressed his opinion that ' a steamer cruizing principally under
Vide Captain KembaU'i despatch No. 5 of Janu- sail in the latitude of Makullah between
ary 12, 1845. the 15th March and 1st June, and attended
by a small vessel to keep the offing (for which purpose a schooner or a brig
might usually be detached from the Gulf squadron) would give such a blow to the
slave trade as still prosecuted by the Arab tribes as would go far towards its entire sup
pression, or, at least, remove all grounds of complaint on the score of impunity.'
" If the vessels stationed at Aden could be spared to cruize in the same latitude
during the period named, it would, he thought, contribute much to the attainment of the
object desired."
21. The Bombay Government, on receipt of Resident's despatch, communi
cated with the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Aden, expressing its desire that "Captain
Kemball's suggestion should be complied with, if a vessel could be spared from
Vide Mr. Secretary Anderson's letter No. 1090 that Station," and again Wrote to the Com-
Of March 13,1854. ^ mander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, with a
view to his detaching a vessel on slave service.
22. The reply received from the Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, was
forwarded by Government for the information of Captain Kemball, and its tenor
was indeed discouraging. Vessels were again pre-occupied, and no reinforce
ments could be spared for the repression of slave trade. Sir Henry Leeke's
own words, when writing on the subject, were as follow:—
" I have not the means of strengthening the
squadron either at Aden or in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as represented in my letter No. 40^ of the 2gth
Extract from a letter No, 437 of June 6, 1854,
from Sir H. Leeke, R N., etc.", to the Right
Honourable Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H., etc., etc.
ultimo.
" If I had plenty of vessels at my command, there can scarcely be a doubt that the
slave trade may be kept very much under, perhaps entirely abolished."
23. Nothing further transpired until the month of July 1855, when the Com
mander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, despatched the Honourable Company's steam
vessel Queen to cruize between Ras-el-Had and Maskat there to remain until the
1st of September, when she would be relieved by the corvette Falkland,
24. Instructions were also issued to the Resident to detach at the proper
despatch from Mr. Secretary Anderson to Season SUCh Vessels of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Captain Kemball, No. 3500of August ao, 1855. squadron as could be spared without in
convenience to the public service " to cruise in localities where vessels with
slaves were likely to be intercepted
35. Thus stood matters in the summer of 1855, and in the autumn of
the same year an exchange of appointments having, under the sanction of the
Home Authorities and the Government of India, been effected between the
Resident at Bushire and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Baghdad, Captain Kemball in
due course left for Baghdad, and Captain Felix Jones assumed charge of his new
post at Bushire.
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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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