Muscat Affairs

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This item comprises 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. [Mumbai] 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 60 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 2 April-17 June 1847 and relate to affairs in Zanzibar and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondence is primarily between: Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item]; Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Henry Miers Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.

The subjects covered notably include:

• British peaceable action in obtaining redress from the Persian [Iranian] Government for the Imaum of Muscat [Said bin Sultan Al-Said, Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar], regarding his possessions at and near Bunderabbas [Bandar Abbas, also spelled Bunder Abbas in this volume]
• The Governor-General’s intention to blockade Bushire [Būshehr], on behalf of the Imaum of Muscat
• Progress of the agreement between the British Government and the Imaum of Muscat regarding the suppression of the trade in enslaved persons from the Imaum’s African possessions, and a significant reduction of the trade from the west coast of Africa to Zanzibar this season.

Extent and format

1 item (16 folios)

It is part of

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 88

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/450

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 204-205. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure.

Written in

English 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/5/450, ff 203-218

Former external reference(s)

No. 60 of 1847

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jun 1847 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DiplomacySlave trade

People & organisations

Government of IndiaImam of OmanPolitical Agent and Consul

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Muscat Affairs, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 203-218, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000011> [accessed 1 June 2024]

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