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SLAVE TRADE. 657

of by them (British ships) after (Signed) Syud Saeed.
four months from the date of the
Seal of Ilis High­
permission required in the pre­
ness the Imaum
ceding requisition (V.). of Muskat.
Dated Ith September 1822.
(True translation)
(Signed) Wm. Simson,
Deputy Persian Secretary to Government.

Additional Requisition made by Captain Moresby on His Highness
the Imaum of Muskat, on the 8th September 1822, and agreed
to by His Highness on the 10th of the same month.
Additional Requisition by Cap- Answer by His Highness the
tain Moresby. Imaum.
That it may be understood in I permit to the Captains of His
the most comprehensive manner Majesty the King of England’s
where Arab ships are liable to cruisers, to seize vessels to the
seizure by His Majesty the King eastward of the line drawn by
of England’s cruisers, after the Captain Moresby, but confine the
expiration of four months, the permission to the King of Eng­
Imaum to authorise that the King land’s cruisers, and not the Com­
of England’s cruisers finding Arab pany’s.
ships with slaves on board to the
eastward of a line drawn from (Signed) Syud Saeed.
Cape Delgado, passing (60) sixty
miles east of Socotra, on to Diu
Seal of His
Head, forming the western point
Highness the
of the Gulf of Cambay (unless
Imaum of
driven by stress of weather), shall
Muskat.
be seized and treated by His Ma­
jesty’s cruisers in the same man­
ner as if they were under the
English flag.
(Signed) F. Moresby,
Captain, His Majesty’s Ship Menai.
Seal of Captain
10th September 1822.
Moresby.

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