Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Title:: Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Year of publication:: 1871

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100 APPENDIX TO KEPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE Appendix, No. 4, _ XIII. The high contracting parties hereby renew the agreement entered into by them in the month of August 1851* (Shawal 1267), for the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, and engage further that the said agreement shall continue in force after the date at which it expires, that is, after the month of August 1862, for the further space of 10 years, and for so long afterwards as neither of the high contracting parties shall, by a formal declaration, annul it ; such declaration not to take effect untiTone year after it is made. PERSIAN GULF. Extract Treaties, &c. between Great Britain and Arab Chieftains of the Persian Gulf, relative to Piracy, the ¡Slave Trade, &c., 1820. (Translation.) IX. The carrying off of slaves, men, women, or children, from the coast of Africa or elsewheie, and the transporting them in vessels, is plunder and piracy ; and the friendly Arabs sh;ill do nothing of this nature. X. The vessels of the friendly Arabs bearing (heir flag above described, shall enter into all the British ports, and into the ports of the allies of the British, so far as they shall be able to effect it, and they shall buy and sell therein; and if any shall attack "them, the British Government shall take notice of it. XI. These conditions aforesaid shall be common to all tribes and persons who shall hereafter adhere thereto, in the same manner as to those who adhere to them at the time present. Issued at Bas ul Khyma, in triplicate, at mid-day, on Saturday the 22nd of the month, of Rebi-ul-Awal, in the year of the Hegira, 1235 (corresponding to the 8lh of January 1820), and signed by the contracting parties. ” W. Grant Keir, Major General. (l.s.) of Arab Chiefs. TREATIES, &c. between Great Britain and Arab Chieftains of the Persian Gulf, relative to Piracy, Slave Trade, &.c.—1838, 1839.* 1^0. 1.—Agreement with Shaikh Sultan Bin Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Khymah.— Slave Trade. Shargah, 17 April 1838. In the event of vessels connected with my ports, or belonging to my subjects, coming under the suspicion of being employed in the carrying off (literally “ stealing ”) and embarkation of slaves, men, w<imen, or children, I, Sultan bin Suggur, Shaildi of the Joasmee tribe, do hereby agree to their being detained and searched whenever and wherever they may be fallen in with on the seas by the cruisers of the British Government, and further, that upon its being ascertained that the crews liave carried ofl‘(literally “stolen”) and embarked slaves, their vessels shall be liable to seizure and confiscation by the afore said cruisers. Dated Shargah, 17th April 1838, A.i)., A.H. 1254, Mahomed a mera. correspondiug with the 22nd M oh or rum (l.s.) Sultan bin Suggur. Presented to the House of Lords, 1852 ; and to the House of Commons, 1856.

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