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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [‎85v] (170/473)

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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to use the first of these sanctions
should an opportunity for the 'refusal
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of trpvel papers arise, hut the other
two he regards ps more drastic than
the offences warrant, and furthermore
as calculated to p-oy friendly
co-operation h.atwaan the Trucial
Sheikhs nnd at times when this may
be desired on other grounds. He has
therefore confined himself to writing
to the Sheikhs^rnd more especially to
the Sheikh of Ajman expressing his
displeasure and drawing attention to
their treaty obligations.
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number ctC slave trade cases is small
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book are not o’Kten recalcitrant,
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the Political ResidenVs policy,
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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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