Zanzibar Affairs

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Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 29 November 1859-3 January 1860. Received 5 April 1860.

The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, dated 29 November 1859, covering: the arrival there of a vessel flying Spanish colours, which was clearly involved in the slave trade; the actions of the Sultan of Zanzibar to prevent the vessel from engaging in slaving operations; copies of letters from a Spanish citizen who was involved in the slave trade; and copies of letters (in French only) from the French Consul. There is also a further report from Rigby on these and other matters, dated 3 January 1860.

Extent and format

1 item (16 folios)

It is part of

Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/504

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 66-81

Former external reference(s)

No. 10

History of this record

Date(s)

12 Mar 1860 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Political intelligenceSlave trade

Places

Zanzibar

People & organisations

Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar

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