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670 SLAVE TRADE.

and that after four months from this date, all those of my people convict­
ed of being concerned in such an act shall be punished the same as
pirates.
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Seal of Sultan bin Suggur.
(True translation)
(Signed) S. Hennell,
Resident in the Persian Gulf.
A similar Agreement to the above was entered into by Shaikh Kha-
leefa bin Siiakboot on the 1st July 1839 ; and by Shaikh Muktoom of
Debaye, and Shaikh Abdoolla bin Rashid of Amulgavine, on the 2nd
of the same month.
(Signed) S. Hennell,
Resident in the Persian Gulf.

Translation of an Engagement* entered into by Shaikh Sultan bin
Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Khyma and Shargak,for the Abo­
lition of the African Slave Trade in his Ports.—Dated the 30th
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April 1S47.
It having been intimated to me by Major Hennell, the Resident in the
Persian Gulf, that certain Conventions have lately been entered into by
His Highness the Imaum of Muskat, and other powers, with the British
Government, for the purpose of preventing the exportation of slaves
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from the African Coast and elsewhere ; and it having moreover been
explained to me, that in order to the full 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 I, Shaikh Sultan bin
Suggur, Chief of the Joasmee Tribe, with a view to strengthen the bonds
of friendship existing between me and the British Government,, do here­
by engage to prohibit the exportation of slaves from the Coast of Africa
and elsewhere, on board of my vessels, and those belonging to my sub­
jects or dependents; such prohibition to take effect from the 1st day of
Mohurum 1264 a. ii. (or 10th December 1847 a. d.).
And I do further consent, that whenever the cruisers of the British
Government fall in with any of my vessels, or those belonging to my
subjects or dependents, suspected of being engaged in the Slave Trade,
* On the 1st August 1849, an Act for carrying into effect the provisions of this Engagement
was passed by the British Parliament. A copy of this Act (12° and 13° Victorias, Cap.
LXXXIV.) is annexed.—Editor.