Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'

Content

Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include:

• Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legislation in Saudi Arabia, especially in the east
• British threats of bombardment and withdrawal of good offices given to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
• Slave traffic coming from the Mekran [Makran] Coast
• A suspected slave market at Buraimi.

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, and 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. . Additional correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from: Amir Feisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; the 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. Agent, Sharjah; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain; British Vice Consulate, Zahidan, East Iran; British Consulate, Kerman; and Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] of Muscat.

Folio 40 is an article on the slave trade in the Gulf taken from The Times , 18 July 1942.

Extent and format

1 file (235 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in 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 237; 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/12/4099

Former external reference(s)

Coll 34/12

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Abu DhabiBuraimiSaudi Arabia

People & organisations

Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyAdmiraltyPersian Gulf Political Residency

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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4099, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3> [accessed 27 April 2024]

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