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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [‎55r] (109/473)

The record is made up of 1 file (235 folios). It was created in 25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945. 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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Minute Paper.
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Department.
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Under Secretary of State,
(6610) Wt.25956/235 10,000 9/38
Please see the submission on P.Z. 4541/39 below.
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We have now had the views of the Admiralty on the
suggested letter to be sent to the Sultan of Muscat.
They agree generally but suggest that the last two
paragraphs might be redrafted in order to make a
reference to the various subsidies and war material
which have been promised to the Sultan of Iviuscat for
the purpose, amongst other things, of assuring him
that he should be in a position to maintain internal
security. A redraft has accordingly been made of
paragraphs 4 and 5 of the draft letter and is attached
below the draft to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
Some time has hov/ever elapsed since Sir Trenchard
Fowle wrote his letter of the 10th July ano. the
situation has changed considerably with the outbreak of
war and with the promise of assistance which the Sultan
has had from us in return for giving us the necessary
facilities in his territory. We know from the
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Resident’s telegram of the 1st December that the Sultan
has furnished 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. with a statement of
the security measures which he proposes to take and it
may well be^ now that he has got the money^that these
measures will include action against the Baluchis of
some sort, e.g. deportation or disarmament.
Consequently Sir Trenchard Fowle 1 s draft letter to
the Sultan may not be altogether appropriate. Y/e
might therefore while approving the original draft o
with the amendment referred to above^ suggest to the
Resident that owing to altered circumstances the draft
may not now be appropriate and if that is so invite his
views upon the changes that would be necessary.
A.&E.W.Ltd. “tip.685
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Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include:

  • Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legislation in Saudi Arabia, especially in the east
  • British threats of bombardment and withdrawal of good offices given to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
  • Slave traffic coming from the Mekran [Makran] Coast
  • A suspected slave market at Buraimi.

Principal correspondents include officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Admiralty, and Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Additional correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from: Amir Feisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; 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; British Vice Consulate, Zahidan, East Iran; British Consulate, Kerman; and Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] of Muscat.

Folio 40 is an article on the slave trade in the Gulf taken from The Times , 18 July 1942.

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1 file (235 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 237; 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.

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