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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  Uselessness ­
  of  treaties  with  Arabs,  Rigby  609.  630  Piratical  and  independent  character  of
the  northern  Arabs;  summary  measures  desirable  towards  them,  26.  619-622  Circumstance ­
  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  mainland, ­
  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  suggestions ­
  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  questions ­
  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  Commission, ­
  dated  Aden,  1  June  1861,  explaining  the  results  of  his  visit  to  Muscat  in  connection ­
  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