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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 expor 
tation 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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