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‘File 5/188 I, 189 I Expenses incurred as a result of slaves taking refuge in consulates and agencies; manumission of slaves and general treatment of slave trade cases’ [‎128r] (268/316)

The record is made up of One volume (149 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1910-9 Jun 1939. It was written in English. 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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(i') There 1b a general lapreselon amongst slavea,
□n.e taey a.e manumitted, that they acquire a quasl-Brltleh
nati Jiiailty, Tula of eourae la not ao, and a slave fey
being manualtted acquires no change In national status.
2* I'tAJlAJ COAST .
jo Itanunission Certilicate can be issued as slavery
Is not recognised by the Iranian Oovernnent.
3. /^U-AII .
Certlfloites cannot be issued as there is no 3lr. ve
Treaty situ the Buler.
4. BAHaAUf . •
(a J Slavery is not recognised by the Bahrain Government,
and therefore no certificates are issued by the Political
Agent to local Inhabitants.
lb) Cases of slaves from Saudi AraDia mho appl, for
manumission to the 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. should be referred to the
Political lie si dent.
tc) jstar. There is a Slave Treaty »i th the shaikh of
star. The 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, will deal with any
cases from this State.
Tmcla 1 Coast • There are Slave Treaties *lth the
-halkhs of this area. The Hesldency Agent has no poser to
issue certificates, but should report cases to the Political
igent, Bahrain, for action
6. MUSCAT .
(aj There is a Slave Treaty with the Sultan of Muscat.

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The first part of the volume contains correspondence to and from 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. between 1912 and 1927, relating to the costs of providing refuge to slaves seeking manumission, incurred by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Agencies and Consulates. Letters between the Treasury of the Government of India 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. discuss the annual budget allocated to the suppression of the slave trade, from which dietary expenses, as well as clothing and repatriation expenses, were taken. Amongst the particular issues discussed are the expenses related to increasing numbers of slaves originating from Baluchistan in 1923 as a result of that area’s famine, and the increasing costs of feeding slaves due to rising food costs near the end of the First World War.

The second part of the volume comprises correspondence sent between 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. and Agencies/Consulates between 1910 and 1939 on how to deal with the manumission of slaves. The file includes guidelines for manumission (folios 56-58), created by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Cox in his capacity as Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 1912. Cox’s guidelines were distributed to the Gulf Agencies and Consulates. These guidelines responded to the ambiguities present at the time in determining whether manumission should be given: the date of an individual’s enslavement, where their owner resided, the nature of their servitude (domestic or otherwise). The guidelines outline the authorities (treaties and proclamations) governing the prohibition of the slave trade in the Gulf, and grounds and procedure for manumission. Procedure for manumission varies dependent on whether slaves have come from Persia, the Arab Coast (Kuwait, Bahrain, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat), and slaves from Persian territory under British protection. Queries over the status of slaves from Persia occupy a significant portion of the remainder of this part of file, due to official Persian policy regarding slaves having changed with Persia’s abolition of slavery in 1928. Also included is a revised set of manumission guidelines drawn up in 1938 (folios 127-29), intended to replace Cox’s earlier rules. These updated guidelines reflect the change in Persia (now Iran’s) policy towards slavery.

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One volume (149 folios)
Arrangement

The volume consists of two previously separate subject files that were bound together at a later date. Each retains its own chronological sequence, running from earliest correspondence and front, to latest and rear, with office notes retained at the rear of second file.

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Foliation: Volume is foliated from the front cover to last folio with a small number in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Blank folios have not been foliated.

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