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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [109r] (217/473)
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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permanent resident in Oman and does not frequent any definite
place, nor has he any family or property ehich could have led
to his apprehension. He was a man *ko moved from place to
place. Sometimes in Oman and sometimes on the coast. -ad
we known that he had a permanent residence we would have sent
an armed party to bring him in or to attack him i i he r existed.
As we did not know of his whereabouts, we offered a money reward
to any one who brought him in either alive or dead.
5 When Major Watts returned from iSigland a few days
after our return to Muscat we told him that the news of the
desire to apprehend Shakar had spread and had made his arrest
difficult as he had taken precautions. At this time we heard
Shakar had left the Batinah for Mekran and at once informed
Major Watts in writing and asked him to transmit the information
to you. We clearly informed him that should the man return to
the Batinah he would be seized.
6 . There is no doubt that Shakar did not leave the
Batinah until he heard of the efforts that we were making to
seize him. We left for Dhofar at the beginning of December
1^38 idlere we heard at the beginning of January that Shakar had
been killed in Mekran. We did not believe it but continued our
preparations to seize him if he returned to the Batinah. On
our return from Dhofar Major Watts informed us in answer to our
enquiry that the news of Shakar's death was true and so we
cancelled our orders for his arrest.
7 . as regards what you say in para 2 of your above quoted
letter that Shakar’s death hj^ not caused a decrease in the
importation of slaves into the Batinah and that a number of
Baluchis have been landed there and taken to Baraimi. We
answer that as you^ are aware the Batinah Coast is extensive
and there are places far from habitation and the surveillance
/ of the Walls
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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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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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- 108r:115v
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- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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