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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' [61] (69/126)
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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the applied to Persian* slavery. Moreover slavery is
n h r y •^ Un 1 ! C ' P « 1 laW of PerS ^ i . n 50 far as the latter ^ based upon
Mndpm p 1 ? 10 ^uhammadan religion, undfer which enslaving of a tree
Moslem, such as a Baluchi, would be a proceeding which no Mullah would sane-
I !5- ^ 0S . e a ^ out law were communicated by the Resident, as
reques e y ir A. Hardinge, to the Governor of the Gulf ports, who thereupon
promised to send a special Mamur to Jask to investigate into the affair and
bring the culprits to account.
116. As regards Sir A. Hardinge's suggestion to invoke the assistance of
Secret E., February 1905, N os.i-4 s (No. 31). the Bel g ian customs officials, Major CoX
. # deprecated placing any further powers
into the hands of these men in the direction of searching dhows, etc. The
Government of India concurred in this view (telegram to the Secretary of State,
dated 5th November 1904).
116-A. As regards the suggestion for enforcing strict compliance with Article V
Ibid, Nos. 3 and 12. of . the General Treaty of 1820 by the Trucial
Chiefs, Major Cox reported on 18th June 1904
that the provision was more or less a deadletter, and as it was found that
the native craft of the pirate coast have not been recently great offenders
against the general spirit of the treaty, there was little to be gained by
exacting punctilious adherence to the details of the treaty, which could with
difficulty be enforced upon the seagoing public by the chiefs. The Government
of India, while admitting the force of these arguments, wished Major Cox to
draw the attention of the chiefs to their obligations under article V of the Treaty
and press for a stricter adherence thereto (No. 2407, dated 29th July 1904).
Mfc.—The preamble of the Brussels Act, however, refers only to African sluvery.
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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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- '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'
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- front, front-i, 1a:1f, 1:25, 35:43, 46:111, 114:116, back-i, back
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