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Letter No. 40 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf [6r] (3/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 16 Feb 1850. 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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SECOND SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
BOMBAY GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
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SATURDAY, 16th FEBRUARY 1850.
NOTIFICATION.
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
BOMBAY CASTLE, 15th FEBRUARY 1850.
The following Act of Parliament, dated the 1st August 1849, is republished
for general information.
By Order of the Right Hon’ble the Governor in Council,
A. MALET,
Chief Secretary to Government.
12° & 13° VICTORIA.
Cap : lxxxiv.
An Act for carrying into effect Engagements between Her Majesty and certain
Arabian Chiefs in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for the more effectual suppression
of the Slave Trade. [1st August 1849.]
W HEREAS, on the thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
* bund™**! «ttA- frrrtY-sevpn. an Engagement was concluded betw.een Major 8. llennell,
. the Residentinthe
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on behalf of Her Alajesty tFe Queen of the TTnited King-
‘ dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Sultan Bin Suggei, Shark of Ras-el-khyma and
‘ Shorgah, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the Chief of the Joasmee Arabs, whereby it was agreed
‘ as follows :—
‘“I, Shaik Sultan Bin Sugger, Chief of the Joasmee Tribe, with a view to strength-
‘ “ en the bonds of friendship existing between me and the British Government, do
‘ « hereby engage to prohibit the exportation of Slaves from the coasts of Africa and
♦ “ elsewhere orTboard of my vessels, and those belonging to my subjects or depen-
♦ “ dents, such prohibition to take effect from the 1st day ot Mohurrum 1264, a. b. (or
♦ “10th December 1847, a. d.)
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The letter concerns slave trade treaties in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. A covering letter encloses printed pages from the Bombay Government Gazette (folios 6-8), republishing an Act of Parliament, dated 1 August 1849. The first part of the Act's text is an English translation of an Engagement between Samuel Hennell and Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] Sheikh of Ras-el-khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah], dated 10 December 1847. The Engagement gives British naval and East India Company ships the right to apprehend vessels suspected of transporting slaves, and offers bounties to crews for slaves and cargoes seized.
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