'File XXIX/2 Slavery in Kuwait' [4r] (7/296)
The record is made up of 1 volume (148 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1907-27 Sep 1929. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Sir,
a
COPY EXTRACT
(Original in File
XXI i/1 page 101).
NO 591 of 1907
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
BAHRAIN*
29th November 19Q7
Prlitical Agent,
K UWAIT .
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of y^nr
Endorsement No 586 dated the 2nd November 1907 on the subject
of the manumitted slave Para;; bin Said.
2, I attach for your information cories of the statemetA
made by the refugee slave * * *
3, In the circumstances of the case the negro was most
unwise to trust * * *
4, if therefore the latter persons are equally to blame
, and if for special reasons of a political nature you find
it inconvenient yourself to press the Chief of Kuwait for the
husband*s punishment, I hoje vou will agree with roe in think
ing that it will be undesirable that I should institute j m-
-ceedings with the Chief of Bahrain against the lady he^e
which will I suppose affect her husband’s pocket in Kuwait.
I suspect moreover that the tsb ro confirmation of the negroes
freddom by the Kuwait authorities will be regarded as a se-
-vere punishment bv the narrow-minded quondam roaster of Faraj
■
With regard to the genoral question of manumitting
slaves from Kuwait , it has for many wears past been recog-
-nised by the Chief of Bahrain that the Treaty Engagement of
1856 granting freedom to all slaves brought ’’from any quarter
whatsoever” into Bahrain territory applies not only to raw
slaves but to all those imported from the neighbouring parts
on both sides of the Gulf who may choose to claim it* Under
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to the manumission procedure in Kuwait. Correspondence also discusses the procedure to follow if Kuwait slaves take refuge at other British agencies in the Gulf. Further discussion surrounds the issue of consistency of practice and whether guidelines should be issued by the Government of India.
Included in the volume is a copy (ff 34-44) of typed notes 'Part 1:Notes for Guidance on Persian shore of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Part 2: Notes for guidance on Arabian shore of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' with sections on Kuwait, Bahrain, Maskat and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Also included (folio 79) is a copy of the proclamation issued by the Government of India in 1873 'notifiying the penalites which British subjects will incur by illegally possessing and in any way trafficking in slaves, or aiding others in such traffic.'
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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. , Kuwait (Stuart George Knox; James Carmichael More); 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 (Francis Beville Prideaux); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis William Dane); the Assistant Resident, Bushire (Richard Lockington Birdwood); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah al-Sabah; Shaikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (148 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-147, and ff 3-133; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File XXIX/2 Slavery in Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 24r:58v, 62r:68v, 76r:85v, 87r:102v, 104r:115r, 116r:147v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence