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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [57r] (113/473)
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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2 :
security of his State, we do not feel sure that any further
eonmunic tion to the Sultan on this subject is necessary,
and you may think it preferable to let the matter rest, un:Less
His Highness himself raises it again. Me note from your
telegram of the 1st December, No. T./543 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 ta.ee and it may be
that these measures include some form of action against
the Baluchis. We are content to leave it to your discretion
whether a reply is sent on the lines suggested in paragraph
2 above or whether it be left to the Sultan to raise one
matter again ? if he wishes to clo so. /ou will n0 ciouot
inform us of your views in the matter in due course
4 , As regards paragraph 13 of Powle’s letcer, you
will see from the Foreign Office letter of the 31st August that
they have promised to consider this matter more fully and j
let us have their views. No decision has yet been reached
but if confirmation is obtained of the report in paragraph
129 of the Muscat Intelligence Summary for the period from
the 16th -31st August that the enforcement of the Saudi
Regulations had been stiffened up, with the consequent
cessation of the trade in slaves through Muscat territpry,
it may be that it will be felt unnecessary to address th<3
Saudi Arabian Government in the matter at this stage. This
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at any rate is the view of 3ir 3.W. Buller, as you will
see from paragraph 10 of his Confidential Despatch No. 161
dated the 14th November 9 a copy of which was forwarded
to you direct. In the case of Iran there is in any case tne
difficulty that the majority of Persian Baluchis who are sent
as slaves into Saudi Arabia would appear to leave Persian
territory as free men.
5 . i am sending a copy of this letter and its enclosures
to Caroe and Hiclcinbotham.
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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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- Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 40v:107v, 116r:229r, 232r:236r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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