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'File XXIX/2 Slavery in Kuwait' [54v] (108/296)
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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ft Who after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and
due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles
“ Article I.
« I n order to prevent the chance of negro slaves, male and female, being imported into
Persia, British cruisers shall be permitted to visit and detain merchant-vessels under the
Persian flag, or belonging to Persian subjects, which may be engaged in, or which there
may be reasonable grounds for suspecting to be or to have been engaged, during the voyage
on which they are met, in carrying slaves; and if any such slaves are found on board such
merchant-vessels, the vessel, with all on board, shall be taken before the nearest Persian
authorities for trial. But no person whatsoever who, being furnished with a Government
passport, countersigned by a British resident or consul, may have gone from Persia to
visit the places of pilgrimage shall, when returning, be interfered with, provided such
person be not accompanied by more negroes, either male or female, than the number
mentioned in his original pass. The presence of any such additional negro or negroes
shall be primd facie evidence of an attempted Traffic in Slaves.
“ Article II.
“ If any merchant-vessel under the Persian flag be captured by a British cruiser and
taken into a Persian port for adjudication, it shall be the officer of the British cruiser
making the capture, or some duly authorized officer of the British Government, who shall
be present at such adjudication.
In the event of the captured merchant-vessel being condemned and sold the proceeds
of such sale shall go to the Persian Government, and all slaves found on board such vessel
shall he handed over to the British authorities.
“ Article III.
<f His Majesty the Shah of Persia agrees to punish severely all Persian subjects cn:
foreigners amenable to Persian jurisdiction who may be found engaging in Slave Traffic by
sea, and to manumit and guarantee the safety and proper treatment of all slaves illegally
imported, that is to say, imported by sea, into His Majesty’s dominions after the signature
of the present Convention.
“ Article IV.
“The present Convention shall come into operation on the first of May, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two. After the Convention shall so have been brought into
operation Article XIII of the Treaty between Great Britain and Persia, signed at Paris on
the fourth of March,' one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by which the agreement
entered into by Great Britain and Persia in August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
one, was renewed, shall be considered as cancelled except as to any proceeding that may
have already been taken or commenced in virtue thereof.
“ Article V.
“ The ratifications of the present Convention shall be exchanged at Tehran within five
months or sooner, if practicable.
“ Done at Tehran in quadruplicate, this second day of the month of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
“ (L. S.) RONALD F. THOMSON.
“ (L. S.) MIRZA SAEED KHAN.”
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this
behalf as aforesaid, and by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by ‘‘The
Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 ”, or otherwise, in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and
with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :—
1. The said Treaty or Convention hereinbefore recited shall from the 1st day of
August, 1914, be deemed to be an existing East African Slave Trade Treaty within the
meaning of “ The Slave Trade (East African Courts) Act, 1873 } \
2. Subject to the provisions of this Order, it shall be lawful for the Court established
under “The Persian Coast and Islands
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1907 ”, to exercise jurisdiction
in matters relating to the Slave Trade.
3. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Court established under “The Persian
Coast and Islands
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1907 ”, shall exercise all the jurisdiction conferred by
“The Slave Trade (East African Courts) Act, 1873 ”, on the East African Courts, and the
said Court, when exercising such jurisdiction, shall be deemed to be one of the East African
Courts within the meaning of the said Act.
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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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