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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [103r] (222/297)
The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. The original is part of the 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. .
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strictly speaking as you ioiow our nanuialselon certlflcatoe'^
simply state that a certain Individual is a free man and do not
grant nationality or inmunity from oivil or criminal liability,
but in practice owin fc to the strict attitude always maintained
by the British Government in regard to the slave question, a
British manumission certificate has come to be regarded in a
great measure as whitewashing the bearer and giving him British
protection. It is advisable therefore that whenover pooaible the
history of each case should be inquired into before tlie certifi-
cato iasues; and in the Gulf where we have oo many Agents and are
in such close touch with the native Chiefs, it is hardly possible
for a case to occur where the verification of a negro's story
would not be easily pOBsible,
under these ciroumstances, seeing that nis iiajesty^ Chips
are liable to be used as a source of refuge in the same way
as our Agencies on shore, I write to ask you if you see no
special objection, to enquire from iiis Excellency the liaval
.o: : , .nder-in-Ohief whether he could see his way to extend the
application of the special instructions contained in the Station
Order Booic or the Squadron in respect of . .uscat, to other ports
in the oulf where there is a British Political Officer#
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Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his 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. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at 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 Bushire.
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- 1 volume (137 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.
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- IOR/R/15/1/199
- Title
- ‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:3v, 3ar:3cv, 4r:5v, 20r:30v, 30ar:30av, 31r:31v, 38r:44v, 63r:72v, 89r:98v, 99v:119v, 128r:137v, i-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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