Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG'

Content

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and slave traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Foreign Office, Admiralty, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Colonial Office, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from Minister in Tehran, the Resident in Aden, the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, the League of Nations Committee of Experts on Slavery, and officials of the Governments of Italy and Saudi Arabia.

The file contains reports of proceedings from the commanding officers of British vessels in the region, Parliamentary Notices of questions relating to slavery in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and articles from various newspapers, including The Times , Slave Market News , and The Daily Gazette .

Matters covered by the papers include:

• Repatriation of slaves
• Traffic from the Mekran [Makran] Coast to the Arabian side of the Gulf
• Interdepartmental discussion over what measures should be taken to suppress the traffic
• Seizure of suspected vessels
• Abduction of boys in Karachi to be sold as slaves
• How efforts to suppress slavery may impact upon the Admiralty's policy in the region.

Also of note are two maps showing locations and slave traffic routes from across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 196 and 197).

Extent and format

1 file (355 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the back to the front.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 357; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/4091

Former external reference(s)

Coll 34/4

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Dec 1919-22 Feb 1936 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

AdmiraltyGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentColonial OfficePersian Gulf Political Residency

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Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4091, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00029b> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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