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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [110r] (219/473)
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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of the Walla* The Baluchis who come land at these places*
We have Issued strict Instructions to our Walls on the Batlnah
to prevent them from landing* They are carrying out our
Instructions* When Baluchis land In the places we have mention*
ed the Walls do not know about It* That Is their reasonable
excuse•
3* Our subjects know our Interest In the Importation of
slaves and the efforts we are making to prevent It and punish
those engaged in it. So far there is no proof that any of our
subjects are openly or secretly engaged in the trade* a&t
Most of the cases reported by the Baluchis who run away from the
Batlnah to Muscat are against members of their own community*
Any one found trading in slaves in our country will be severely
punished* Many reports are not true and suspicion cannot be
relied upon*
9* You have stated that Iranian Baluchis are taken t
to Baraimi• You know that Bar&imi Is divided into two parts*
One part belongs to us and the other to the Sheikh of Abdu
Bhabi* We have discussed the traffic in slaves with Sheikhs
from the part belonging to our Government and could find nothing
to lead us to believe that it is taking part in their territory.
10* Regarding what you say in p&ra 3 of your letter
regarding the information that you have received to the effect
that Sheikh Hilal bin Hamad is dealing in slaves* We reply
that so far there is no definite proof that he is so engaged*
If the charge could be proved he will certainly be punished*
We have been frightening him and threatening him on account of
the rumours about him* He has assured us that if the allegat
ions are proved he is prepared to be punished. It is not true
that our Wall at Suwaiq is unable to stop this Sheikh from doing
what he is alleged to be doing. Our Wall does not punish H jial
/ or any one
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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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- 108r:115v
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- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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