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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [64r] (127/473)
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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■been introduced into Riyadh as slaves during the last two or
three years. That they are newly-enslaved persons must he
evident, since many talk only Baluchi when they arrive. One
woman related how she and her child (or children) were stolen
from near their village at some distance from the coast and
brought across the sea to the Arab coast. Persian Baluch
istan is believed to be the main source of supply, but some
at least of the slaves are shipped from Gwadur, and they, if
captured in Persian Baluchistan, must have been brought
across part of British Baluchistan.
4. On my return to Jedda I found some particulars
which had just been recorded by Saiyid Lai Shah, the Indian
Vice-Consul, who was then visiting Mecca and Taif. Saiyid
Lai Shah I regard as a very reliable witness. Here are some
of the details he gives. A Baluchi girl now a slave in
Medina is stated to be a daughter of Ali Khan son of Barkat
Khan. Barkat Khan was said by Saiyid Lai Shah’s informant
to be one of the prominent opponents of Riza Shah at the
beginning of the latter’s reign; but on the other hand, in a
report from 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to
be quoted later in this despatch, Barkat Khan is given
as the name of one of the leading slave traders. There is a
young girl speaking only Baluchi in a house opposite that of
the Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda. Jask is mentioned as one of
the ports of shipment of slaves. It is alleged that the
Saudi Arabian Government levy a duty of fifty riyals a head
on imported slaves. At Taif at one time during the past
summer there were thirty-two slaves for sale. Of one batch
of twenty-four slaves, mostly women and children, sent to
Riyadh, eight died of hardship on the way. There is a rumour
that Riza Shah has protested to Ibn Saud against this slave
traffic.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 40v:107v, 116r:229r, 232r:236r, back-i, back
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