'Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B'

Content

This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906.

The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters:

• Measures for the suppression of slavery and slave trade in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , up to 1873 (ff 5-7);
• Measures against traffic in slaves by Natives of India (ff 8-16);General measures taken for the suppression of Slave Trade from 1874 to 1905 (ff 16v-22);
• Anti-Slave Trade Operations (ff 22v-30);
• Runaway slaves at Gwadur (ff 31-34);
• Trade in Baluchi slaves from Mekran to the Arab coast (ff 34-35);
• Reception of fugitive slaves on board Her Majesty's ships of war and other British vessels (ff 35v-38);
• Grant of protection to fugitive slaves on the Coast (ff 39-40);
• Some questions of practice of courts (ff 41-45);
• Miscellaneous questions and facts (ff 45v-48.

In Appendix, Reports on Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1852-1859 (folios 59-61).

Extent and format

1 volume (63 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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/20/C246

Former external reference(s)

C246

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Jun 1906 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Slave tradeSlave emancipation

Places

Persian GulfGwadurMekran Coast Gulf of Oman

People & organisations

Jerome Anthony Saldanha

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'Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C246, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0001cc> [accessed 14 May 2024]

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