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Report, 1871—continued. 
Arabs—continued. 
Necessity of the Sultan being aided by a naval force in order to keep down the 
Northern Arabs, if’he would suppress the slave trade, Sir B. Frere 520, 521 Useless 
ness of treaties with Arabs, Rigby 609. 630 Piratical and independent character of 
the northern Arabs; summary measures desirable towards them, 26. 619-622 Circum 
stance of witness having made treaties with nearly all the chiefs m the Gulf of Aden, 
for the suppression of the slave trade. Sir W. Coghlan 919, 920. 
Operations of the Northern Arabs in Zanzibar, but not in the interior on the main 
land, Steere 1040, 1041. 1054-1059 Practice of the Northern Arabs in kidnapping 
slaves in Zanzibar, and shipping them at night, ib. 1054-1059 Power of the Sultan 
to put down the incursions of the Northern Arabs, ib. 1095-1098. 1106. 
Extracts from treaties, in different years, between Great Britain and Arab chieftains of 
' the Persian Gulf, relative to piracy, the slave trade, &c., App. 100, 101. 
Statement by Mr. Ward, in letter of 22nd May 1869, that the Sultan of Zanzibar has 
no control over the Northern Arabs, App. 108. 
Views of Lieutenant Colonel Rigby in i860 as to the expediency of summary measures 
for preventing Arab incursions into the interior, App. 123. 
Statement by the Committee as to the slave dealers who procure the slaves from the 
interior being mostly Arabs, subjects of the Sultan of Zanzibar, Rep. iv Roving and 
predatory habits of the tribes to which the Northern Arabs belong, ib. Conduct of the 
whole slave trade by sea by Arabs from Muscat and other ports on the Arabian coast, 
ib. 
Sufficient protection against the Northern Arabs by means of a British naval force at 
Zanzibar, if the slave trade be entirely prohibited, Rep. viii. 
Arbitration {Muscat and Zanzibar'). Papers showing in detail the steps taken by the 
Bombay Government and by the Government of India in i860 and 1861 in arbitrating 
between Syud Thoweynee, the ruler of Muscat, and Syud Majeed, the ruler of Zanzibar ; 
arrangement ultimately by which the latter has since paid the former an annual subsidy 
of 40,000 crowns, App. 125 et seq. 
Communication from the Bombay Government to Brigadier Coghlan in March i860, 
appointing him to inquire into and report upon the merits of the dispute between the 
ruler of Muscat and the ruler of Zanzibar, App. 125. 
Letter from Brigadier Coghlan, dated 3 April i860, to the Bombay Government, with 
reference to certain difficulties in undertaking the inquiry in question, and making sug 
gestions on the subject, App. 125-127. 
Resolution by the Bombay Government, dated 16 April i860, leaving it entirely to 
the discretion of Brigadier Coghlan to carry out the investigation so as to arrive at what 
is right and expedient in the way of concession between the contending parties, App. 
127, 128. 
Documentary evidence in detail explanatory of the arbitration by the Indian 
Government between the two rulers, and of the circumstances and conditions which led 
eventually to the award of an annual subsidy of 40,000 crowns to the Sultan of Muscat, 
to be paid by the Sultan of Zanzibar, App. 128 ei seq. 
Report of Brigadier Coghlan, dated 4 December i860, showing the conclusions 
arrived at, and offering sundry suggestions in connection with the permanent separation 
of Muscat from Zanzibar, App. 154-169. 
Resolutions arrived at by the Bombay Government in February 1861, upon the ques 
tions at issue ; proposition that the ruler of Zanzibar shall pay annually to the ruler of 
Muscat a subsidy of 40,000 crowns, App. 187-192. 
Final award by the Government of India in accordance with the views of the Bombay 
Government; official communications consequent thereupon, App. 192-200. 
Willingness expressed by Syud Majeed to comply with the award, App. 182. 207, 
208 Statement of the claims and grievances presented by Syud Majeed to Brigadier 
Coghlan at Zanzibar in October i860, ib. 183-187 Satisfaction expressed with the 
award by Svud Thoweynee of Muscat, ib. 203, 204. 
B. 
Badger, Rev. Georqe Percy. Valuable assistance rendered by the Rev. Mr. Badger, as 
member of the Muscat-Zanzibar Commission in 1860—61, App. 129. 
Communication from the Rev. Mr. Badger, in charge of the Muscat-Zanzibar Com 
mission, dated Aden, 1 June 1861, explaining the results of his visit to Muscat in con 
nection with the award of an annual subsidy of 40,000 crowns, to be paid to the Sultan 
cf Muscat by the Sultan of Zanzibar, App. 201-203. 
Blockade of the Coast. See Cruisers. 
Bombay Government. Resolution of the Governor in Council in March 1861, upon the 
report