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SLAVE TRADE.

ENGAGEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY HIS HIGHNESS THE
IMAUM OF MUSKAT WITH THE BRITISH GOVERN­
MENT, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE
TRADE.

Articles of an Engagement proposed under date the 2 9th August 1822
by Captain Fairfax Moresby, commanding His Britannic
Majesty's ship Menai, to His Highness the Imaum of Muskat,
for the Prevention of the Slave Trade.

Article I.
The Imaum to agree that all external traffic in slaves shall cease
and be abolished for ever from his dominions and dependencies.
Article II.
The Imaum to agree that all vessels carrying the flag of His Highness,
or belonging to or navigated by his subjects, found or convicted of being
engaged in the traffic of slaves to other places than his dominions, shall
be considered as pirates, and confiscated; the owners, captain, and
officers, shall be treated as pirates, and have their goods and property
forfeited to the Imaum.
Article III.
That all other persons serving on board such vessels as seamen, or in
any capacity, who shall not give information of such unlawful trans­
actions to the Imaum or his governors, within three months after the
period of the termination of the voyage, shall be punished by fine,
imprisonment, and corporal infliction.
Article IV.
His Highness engages to appoint at such places as His Majesty the
King of Great Britain may wish, habitations for the residence of Consuls,

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