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'File XXIX/2 Slavery in Kuwait' [‎34r] (67/296)

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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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MAI^UMISSI0I\ OF SIoAV^S.
PART.I.
NOTTS FOR GUIDANCE ON PTRSIAIT SHORT OF PTPSIAI, GULF.
AUT.IlQ^I!E y .
Tile auuiiority For uiie manuinission of slaves on which v r e work
on the Persian Coast are*-
(i). The slave agreement with Persia of* 1882. (Aitchison Yol.
XII p.97j,
(iij. The Brussels Act, 1890. (Hertslet Vol.XIX p.278).
In regard to the former, it has been aeld that the engagements
of the Persi-an. Government are not limited to tne case of negroes
but also cover tae case of enslaved Mekrani or other indigenous
persons.
BROUimS FOR HAiUIIXBBlON .
(i). Inslavement after March 1882, the date of execution of
Slave Trade Agreement with Persia;
(iij. Gross ill-treatment by master, in case of individual en
slaved before Treaty.
Slave cases fall under four categories:-
(i J. Slaves of Persian,. Masters. aomlclIe.d..-irL-£^rhl 3 .
These should be referred officially to the local Govern
ment or Karguzar with a Consulate representative if neces
sary and a statement of the case and a manumission cer
tificate obtained from the local Government, or the Ear-
guzar, on tne strength of which ^ British manumission cer
tificate is issued and tae Persian one filed.
We cannot ordinarily manumit without the consent of the
Persian authorities, but if tne slave is not entitled to
his freedom or if his title to be manumitted is doubtful,
His Majesty’s Consular Officer should move the local Gov
ernment, or tae Farguzar to obtain, or himself obtain, a
guarantee for good treatment from the slave’s master and
induce the slave to retntm to his owner on the strength of
it.
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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).

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1 volume (148 folios)
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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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