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SLAVE TRADE. 671

they may detain and search them ; and in case of their finding that any
of the vessels aforesaid have violated this Engagement, by the exporta­
tion of slaves from the Coast of Africa or elsewhere, upon any pretext
whatever, they (the Government cruisers) shall seize and confiscate the
same.

Dated this 14th day of Jumadcc-ool-Awul 1263 a. u. (or 30th day of
April 1847 a. d.).
(True translation)
(Signed) S. Hennell,
Resident in the Persian Gulf.

Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur.
The five following Maritime Arab Chiefs entered into engagements
precisely similar to the above, on the dales mentioned opposite their
respective names :—
1, Shaikh Muktoom, of Debaye, on the 30th April 1847.
2, Shaikh Abdool Azeez, of Ejman, on the 1st May 1847.
3, Shaikh Abdoolla bin Rashid, of Amulgavine, do.
4, Shaikh Syud bin Taiinoon, of Aboothabee, on the 3rd May 1847.
5, Shaikh Mahomed bin Kiialeefa, of Bahrein, on the 8th May 1847.
(Signed) S. Hennell,
Resident in the Persian Gulf.

12°* & 13°- VICTORIA.
Cap. LXXXlV.

An Act for carrying into effect Engagements betioecn Her Majesty
and certain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the more
effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.
[1st August 1849.]

Whereas, on the thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, an Engagement was con-
eluded between Major S. Hennell, the Resident in the Persian Gulf
on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and Sultan bin Suggur, Shaikh of
Ras-ool’Khyma and Shargali, in the Persian Gulf the Chief of the
Joasmee Arabs, whereby it was agreed asfolloivs :—

“ I, Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of the Joasmee Tribe, with a view
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