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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [108r] (215/473)
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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Translation of letter No# 1^4 dated the 20th June
from His Highness Sultan S&iyid Said bin Taimur, Sultan of
Muscat and Oaan to the Hon’ble Lietenant-Colonel oir Trenchard
Fowls#
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.
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On the 9th June 1939 we received j^our letter No. 608-3
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of the 31st of May 1939 and have noted what has been said about
Shakar bin Murad and about the news that you have received
regarding the Iranian Baluchis. Our reply is as follows «-
2 . we regret to note the tone of your letter before
everything, and that Major Watts,the late Consul at Muscat, did
keep you clearly informed of the trouble and intereot tha^
we have been taking in the case of Shakar and our efforts
exterminate him and also of the measures that we have been
taking with regard to the Iranian Baluchis that arrive in that
part of our territory.
3. We believe that if Major Watts had informed you of the
true facts and the interest that we had been taking and also
what we have explained to him since our return from India last
year you would not have sent your above mentioned letter to us.
Captain Hickinbotham, the present Consul, will inform you of the
facts though he arrived in Muscat only recently.
4 # Yes. We received your letter No. 371/C of the 26th
of June 1938 iflien we were both in Karachi and we verbally
assured you before leading Karachi that on our return to Muscat
we will try our best in the case of Shakar. As soon as we
arrived at Muscat we began searching for the man. One of His
Majesty’s warships called in at Suwaiq in passing and enquired
about Shakar. This news spread through the country, oha^ar*
heard it and took care to avoid arrest. The information aboui,
the proposed apprehension of the man should have been ke
secret and confined to our Government especially as the man is
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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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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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- 108r:115v
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- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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