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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [45v] (30/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1869. 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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tion published at the British Consulate thereon. The purport of which I venture to
notice should be made known to the mercantile community of Bombay.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JOHN KIRK.
No. 36.
Dr. Kirk to Lord Stanley.—(Received January 23, 1869.)
(No. 44.)
My Lord, Zanzibar, November 24, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that I was waited on yesterday by Abdullah-bin-
Omar, cousin to Sultan Abdullah of Johanna, the bearer of a letter from His Highness, in
which I was told that Moosa, the leader of those Johanna men who deserted Dr. Living
stone near Lake Nyassa, and who returned to Zanzibar bearing the false tale of his
murder, had been imprisoned in irons at Johanna for eight months, and was now sent to
Zanzibar and placed in my hands for further punishment or liberation.
In reply, I informed King Abdullah's Agent that His Highness had, by the punish
ment inflicted on Moosa, anticipated the wish of Her Majesty's Government, and that now
it would be my duty to set him free, but as one banished from his native land.
1 assured the King's Envoy that Her Majesty's Government would receive with much
satisfaction the assurance of friendship shown by this act, in having made an example of
one who had caused so much grief and anxiety through his cowardly flight and base
lies.
Accordingly, I have the honour to inform your Lordship that the prisoner Moosa
has been set at liberty, but cautioned not to return to Johanna without the King's
permission.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JOHN KIRK.
Inclosure in No. 36.
The Sultan of Johanna to Mr. Churchill.
(Translation.)
Sir, ' Johanna, October 16, 1868.
SOME few days since I wrote you, by the brig " Africa," to the effect that when my
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
went to Zanzibar I would send you the leader of the gang that deserted
Dr. Livingstone; he is now on board of her, and will be delivered to you for punishment
in whatever form you may see fit.
I have ascertained that this man was the cause of all the trouble, beyond a doubt;
therefore I send him alone to you. I have bad him in irons for about eight months, as
that was the only means of punishing him I had here. Sending him away will haVe the
desired effect, I think, as people will have a horror of being sent away from their native
home
This man and, in fact, the whole party, are not fair specimens of Johanna men at all;
they are nothing but bushmen, endowed with very little judgment and common sense.
This man will be delivered to you by my brother Abdullah-bin-Omar.
Any communication you may have for me please deliver to him.
(Signed) SULTAN ABDULLAH.
No. 37.
Mr. Churchill to Lord Stanley.—(Received January 23, 1869.)
(No. 40.)
My Lord, Zanzibar, November 30, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to inclose a copy of my despatch of the 30th instant addressed
to the Secretary to Government, Bombay, relative to the policy of the French in
connection with Mohilla.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HY. A. CHURCHILL.
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This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
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- 1 volume (34 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression'
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