Muscat Affairs [‎89r] (23/70)

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 59 of 1850, dated 31 October 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-22 and are dated 10 April-30 October 1850.

The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat including:

• The implementation of measures (including an Act of Parliament of 1 August 1849) to enforce agreements between HM Government and the Imam of Muscat and the Arabian rulers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the effective suppression of the trade in enslaved people
• Reports from the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shargah [Sharjah] and the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. Muscat on the trade in enslaved people, including that undertaken by the dependants of Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-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. ].

The primary correspondents are the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shargah [Sharjah]; the Advocate General, Bombay; the Governor of Bombay.

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