Slave trade suppressed in Sohar

[Slave Trade]. Anno decimo sexto Victoriae Reginae. Cap. XVI. An Act for carrying into effect the Engagement between Her Majesty and Syed Syf bin Hamood, the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.

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Rare British parliamentary papers on the suppression of the slave trade in the city of Sohar, Oman, upon the agreement and orders of the chief of the city made on 21 June 1849 with Sayyid Saif bin Hamud Al-Busaid (ca. 1827-49): "I, Syed Syf bin Hamood, Chief of Sohar, with a view to strengthen the Bonds of Friendship existing between me and the British Government, do hereby engage to prohibit the Exportation of Slaves from the Coasts of Africa, and elsewhere, on board of my Vessels, and those belonging to my Subjects or Dependents".

An important early record of the suppression of slavery in Oman, and a rare official record of Saif bin Hamud, who served as Deputy Governor of Sohar from 1836 to 1849 and captured the Buraimi oasis in 1848. The Al Busaid dynasty remains the ruling royal house of the Oman, ruling from 1744 to 1856 what was then the Omani Empire.