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Zanzibar Subsidy

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 243-244

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This record is about the Zanzibar Subsidy dating from 12 Aug 1870.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/265, ff 243-244
Title
Zanzibar Subsidy
Date
12 Aug 1870
Description

Despatch from the Foreign Department, Governmentof India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 45 of 1870, dated 12 August1870, objecting to plans to end the annual subsidy paid by the Sultan ofZanzibar to the Sultan of Muscat and requesting that, if the subsidy is ended, allresponsibility for the Political Agency at Zanzibar be transferred from theGovernment of India to the Foreign Office.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
No. 45 of 1870
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 item (2 folios)
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IOR/L/PS/5

Secret Correspondence with India

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