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Copy of a letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Special envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat [56v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 31 Mar 1873. 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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Letter regarding the Anti-Slavery engagements which the various Sovereigns and Trucial Chiefs of the Countries near the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. had agreed to; the understanding that these engagements were personal ones signed by the Trucial Chiefs and would not be applicable to any heirs or successors; and the renewed assurances from these Chiefs of their intentions to abide by the engagements.
The letter also reports that the British Agent on the Arab Coast had personally visited several of these Chiefdoms following these renewed assurances and had found them to be free of imported slaves.
The letter concludes by enclosing the reply from the Sultan of Muscat on being approached regarding the engagement as well as correspondence with the Persian Slave Commissioner at Bushire.
None of the correspondence referred to in the letter as enclosed is contained within.
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- Copy of a letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, On Special Duty, to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Special envoy to Zanzibar and Muscat
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- 55r:56v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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