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ON  SLAVE  TRADE  (EAST  COAST  OF  AFRICA).

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No.  2.—Agreement  with  Shaikh  Suitan  bin  Suggur,  Ciiief  of  ilas-ool-Khyiiiah.—
Slave  Trade.

Appendix,  No,  4.

Ras-ool-Khymah,  3  July  1839.
I,  Sultan  BIN  Suggur,  Shaikh  of  the  Joasmce  tribe,  do  hereby’declare  that  1  bind
and  pledge  myself  to  the  British  Government  in  the  folhjwing  engagements  :—
1st.  Tiiat  the  Government  cruisers,  whenever  they  meet  anv  vessels  belonging  to  myself,
or  my  sutjccis,  beyond  a  direct  line  drawn  from  Cape  Delgarlo,  passing  two  degrees  seaward
0Í  the  island  ot  Socotra,  and  ending  at  Cape  Gnadel,  and  shall  suspect  that  such  vessel  is
engaged  in  the  slave  trade,  the  said  cruisers  are  permitted  to  detain  and  search  it.
2nd.  Should  it,  on  examination,  be  proved  that  any  vessel  belonging  to  myself],  or  my
subjects,  is  carrying  slaves,  whether  men,  women,  or  children,  for  sale  beyond  the  aforesaid
line,  then  the  Government  cruisers  shall  srize  and  confíscale  such  vessel  and  her  cargo;
but  if  the  aforesaid  vc'S«  1  shall  pass  beyond  the  afhresaid  line,  owing  to  stress  of  weather,
or  other  case  of  necessity  not  under  control,  then  she  shall  not  be  seized.
3rd.  As  the  selling  of  males  and  females,  whether  grown  up  or  younii,  who  are  “  horr,”
or  free,  is  contrary  to  the  Mahomed  an  religion,  and  wheieas  the  Soomalee  tribe  is  included
in  the  ‘^ahiar,”  or  Iree,  I,  Su  tan  bin  Suggur,  do  hereby  agree  that  the  sale  of  males  and
females,  whether  young  or  old,  of  the  Soomalee  tribe,  shall  be  considered  as  piracy,  and
that  after  four  months  from  this  date  all  those  of  my  people  convicted  as  being  concerned
in  such  an  act  shall  be  punished  the  same  as  pirates.
(l.s.)  Sultan  bin  Suggur.
A  similar  agreement  to  the  above  was  entered  into  by  Shaikh  Khalifa  bin  Shukliboot,  on
the  1st  July  1839,  and  by  Shaikh  Mukhtoom  of  Debaye,  and  Shaikh  Abdoollah  bin
Bashid  of  Amulgavine,  on  the  2nd  of  the  same  month.

Engagement  entered  into  by  Sheik  Sultan  ben  Sugger,  Chief  of  Ras  el  Khyma  and
Chargah,  for  the  Abolition  of  the  African  Slave  Trade  in  his  Ports.

(Translation.)

30  April  1847.
It  laving  been  intimated  to  me  by  Major  Hennell,  the  Resident  of  the  Persi  in  Galf,
that  certain  conventions  have  lately  been  entered  into  by  his  Highness  the  I  ma  urn  of
Muscat,  and  other  Powers,  with  the  British  Government,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the
exportation  of  slaves  from  the  coa>ts  of  Afiica  and  elsewhere  ;  and  it  having,  moreover,
been  explained  to  me,  that  in  order  to  the  lull  attainment  of  the  objects  contemplated  by
the  aforesaid  conventions,  the  concurrence  and  co-operation  of  the  chiefs  of  the  several  ports
situated  on  the  Arabian  coast  of  the  Persian  Gulf  are  required:  accordingly,  1,  Sheik  Sultan
ben  Sugger,  Chief  of  the  .Toasmee  trine,  with  a  view  to  strengthen  the  bonds  of  friendship
existing  between  me  and  the  British  Government,  do  hereby^engage  to  prohibit  the  exportation ­
  of  slaves  from  the  coast  i  f  Africa  and  elsewhere,  on  bodrd  of  my  vessels  and  those
belonging  to  my  subjects  or  dependents,  such  prohibitiun  to  take  effect  from  the  1st  day  of
Moharrem,  1824,  a.h.  (10th  D.  cember  1847,  a.d.)
And  I  do  further  consent,  that  whenever  the  cruisers  of  the  British  Government  fall  in
wilh  any  of  my  vessels,  or  those  belonging  to  my  subjects  or  dependents,  suspected  of
being  engaged  in  the  slave  trade,  they  may  detain  and  search  them,  and  in  case  of  their
finding  that  any  of  the  vessels  aforesaid  have  vi  tiated  the  engagements,  by  the  exportation
of  slaves  from  the  coast  of  Africa  or  elsewhere,  upon  any  pretext  whatsoever,  they  (the
Government  cruiseis)  shall  seize  and  confiscate  the  same.

Dated  this  14tli  day  of  Jemadee-ul-evvel  1823,  a.h.,  or  30th  day  of  April  1847,  a.d.
(l.s.)  Seal  of  Sheik  Sultan  hen  Sugger.

Debaye.—Sheik  Monkhtoom’s  engagement  is  dated  14  Jemadee-ul-evvel  1263,  or
30  April  1847.
Ejinan.  —  She\k  Abdool  Azeez’s  engagement  is  dated  15  Jemadee-ul-evvel  1263,  or
1  Muy  1847.
Amulgaveen.—Sheik  Abdoolah  ben  Rashid’s  engagement  is  dated  15  Jemadee-ul-evvel
1263,  or  1  May  1847.
Abooihabee.—Sheik  Saeed  ben  Zahnon’s  engagement  is  dated  17  Jemadee-ul-evvel  1263
or  3  May  1847.  ''  '
Bahrein.—Sheik  Mahomed  ben  Klialeefa’s  engagement  is  dated  22  Jemadee-ul-evvel
or  8  May  1847.

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