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Colomb (Captain Philip Howard). Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean. A Record of Naval Experiences, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873, viii, [iv], 504 pp., half-title, 8 wood-engraved plates, folding lithographed map, hand-coloured in outline, original decorated russet cloth, all edges gilt, chalk-glazed yellow endpapers, rubbed, 8vo, contained in later blue cloth slipcase (Quantity: 1) Provenance: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching, Part 1, Sotheby's, 27 March 2014, lot 280 (his pencilled initials to front free endpaper). A discussion of the East African slave trade, and of the general conditions under which the traffic proceeded or was suppressed; it includes chapters on Muscat and Oman, and the Persian Gulf, as well as Zanzibar and Madagascar. Colomb's visit to Bahrein coincided with disturbances brought about by the ousting (by the British) and subsequent return of Mohammed-bin-Kalifah, who was supported by Mubarak-al-Abdullah and Rashid-bin-Muselim, who were in turn backed by the Wahabis. The plan was to use dhows from Khor Hassan to ferry Rashid's forces to Bahrein, but rather than risk incurring the wrath of either the British on one side or the Wahabis on the other by becoming involved, the inhabitants of Khor Hassan sought refuge with Mohammed-bin-Thani. Colomb visited Wukra to meet Mohammed-bin-Thani and here describes his encounter and attempts to cure the sheikh's blindness (pp.154-160).