ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA).
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5. A letter should also be prepared for the signature of his Excellency the Governor to Appendix, No. 8.
Syud Toorkee’s address, communicating to him the views of the Government of India in
his case. A copy of this letter should be sent to his Highness Syud Thoweynee, and
Mr. Badger might be instructed to use his discretion, on arriving at Muscat, as to the
propriety of delivering the letter in person to Syud Toorkee.
6. With the view of giving effect to the above suggestions, the Commander in Chief of
the Indian Navy should be requested to provide a steamer for the conveyance of the
Reverend Mr. Badger to Muscat on the proposed duty, as early as practicable.
7. The Acting Secretary would further suggest that a copy of the letter from the
Supreme Government, and of its enclosure be furnished to Lieutenant Colonel Rigby,
with instructions for giving effect to the terms of the arbitration as regards the ruler of
Zanzibar.
8. His Highness Syud Barghash should, at the same time, be officially informed of the
views of the Supreme Government in his case, and of the conditions on which it has been
decided to recommend him to the clemency of his Highness Syud Majeed, in the event of
his return to Zanzibar. As a precaution, however, against his immediate return proving
an impediment to the ready acceptance of the Governor General’s arbitration by his
Highness Syud Majeed, it is not desirable that Syud Barghash should proceed to Zanzibar
for the present.
9. A copy of the letter addressed to Syud Barghash should be furnished for the information
of Lieutenant Colonel Rigby.
10. As Mr. Rassam’s services are urgently required at Aden, the Reverend Mr. Badger
may be authorised to relieve him from his present acting appointment, making the best
arrangement available on the spot for the conduct of the Muscat Agency, as a temporary
measure, until Government shall be able to make a permanent provision for the agency
at that place.
11. A copy of the letter from the Supreme Government, and of the Governor General’s
arbitration should be forwarded for the information of the Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The Reverend Mr. Badger may be instructed to inform the Resident what arrangement
he shall have effected for the conduct of the Muscat Agency on relieving Mr. Rassam
from that duty.
12. In consequence of the Governor General’s arbitration, their Highnesses Syuds
Thoweynee and Majeed shall henceforth be officially designated Sultan of Muscat, and Sultan
of Zanzibar respectively.
13. The question relative to the encouragement of the study of Arabic, on which
suggestions are invited in paragraph 13 of the letter from the Government of India, will
be hereafter submitted for the consideration of the Honourable Board.
14. Since writing the above, the Acting Secretary has learned that Mr. Pengelley,
Naval Assistant to the Auditor General, who has some knowledge of Arabic, might be
induced to take up the appointment of Agent at Muscat. The Government of India say
that no time should be lost in nominating a duly qualified person to Muscat, and as the
presence of such an officer at that place is of importance at the present moment, the
Honourable Board may, perhaps, deem it expedient to offer the appointment to Mr.
Pengelley.
(signed)
Approved.
(signed)
A. Kinloch Forbes,
Acting Secretary.
G, Clerk.
W. R, Mansfield.
W, H. Reeves.
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