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The record is made up of 1 volume (63 folios). It was created in 23 Jun 1906. 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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ARTICLE LXIII.
Slaves liberated under the provisions of the preceding Article shall, if circumstances
permit, be sent back to the country from whence they came. In all cases they shall
receive letters of liberation from the competent authorities, and shall be entitled to their
protection and assistance for the purpose of obtaining means of subsistence.
ARTICLE LXIV.
t vrT EverV fu ^ itive s,ave arri ving at the frontier of any of the Powers mentioned in Article
LXII shall be considered free and shall have the right to claim letters of liberation from
the competent authorities.
ARTICLE LXV.
Any sale or transaction to which the slaves referred to in Articles LXIII and LXIV
may have been subjected through circumstances of any kind whatsoever shall be consi
dered as null and void.
ARTICLE LXVI.
Native vessels bearing the flag of one of the countries mentioned in Article LXII, if
there is any indication that they are employed in Slave Trade operations, shall be sub
mitted by the local authorities in the ports frequented by them to a rigorous verification of
their crew and passengers both at arrival and departure. Should African slaves be on
board, judicial proceedings shall betaken against the vessel and against all persons who may
be implicated. Slaves found on board shall receive letters of liberation through the authoriiies
who have carried out the seizure of the vessels.
ARTICLE LXVII.
Penal provisions in connection with those provided for by Article V shall be published
against persons importing, transporting, and trading in African slaves, against the muti
lators of children or of male adults, and those who traffic in them, as well as against their
associates and accomplices.
ARTICLE LXVIII.
The Signatory Powers recognized the great importance of the law respecting the
prohibition of the Slave I rade sanctioned by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans
of the 4th (16th) December 1889 (22 Rebi-ul-Akhir, 1307), and they are assured that an
active supervision will be organized by the Ottoman authorities, especially on the west
coast of Arabia and on the routes which place this coast in communication with the other
possessions of His Imperial Majesty in Asia.
ARTICLE LXIX.
His Majesty the Shah of Persia consents to organize an active supervision in the
territorial waters and those off the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman which are
under his sovereignty, and on the inland routes which serve for the transp ut of slaves.
The Magistrates and other authorities shall, with this view, receive the necessary powers.
ARTICLE LXX.
His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar consents to give his most effective support for
the repression of crimes and offences committed by African slave-traders on land as well as
at sea. The Tribunals created for this purpose in the Sultanate Zanzibar shall rigorously
apply the penal provisions mentioned in Article V. In order the better to insure the
freedom of liberated slaves, both in virtue of the provisions of the present General Act
and of the Decrees adopted in this matter by His Highness and his predecessors, a Liber
ation Office shall be established at Zanzibar.
ARTICLE LXXI.
Diplomatic and Consular Agents and the naval officers of the Contracting Powers shall,
within the limits of existing Conventions, give their assistance to the local authorities in
order to assist in repressing the Slave Trade where it still exists They shall be entitled
to be present at trials for slave-trading brought about at their instance, without being,
however, entitled to take part in the deliberations.
14. On nth January 1892, the Foreign Office informed 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.
o t p. w . c „ v, ^at the ratifications of the oreneral act of
Secret E., March 1895, Nos. 217-245. ,1 D ^ n c 11^ r n
the Brussels Conference had been formally-
deposited by all the powers including Persia and Turkey except Portugal and the
United States, the formal consent of whose legislatures had yet to be obtained.
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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).

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1 volume (63 folios)
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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.

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