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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [134r] (267/473)
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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3
Masters* The/ are brought across by regular traders and
alfflost inrariably landed In the neighbourhood of ttuwalq* In
the Suwalq area there are three Tillages aabaxhar* &arat
and Badha Suwalq which are said to be the centre of the trade*
The country Is Inhabited by the Al Sa’di tribe of whoa
ShelJch Hllal bln Haaad Is the head* Shelich Hllal bln Hamad
Is said to be at Badha suwalq at present* He and his tribe
are reported to be actively engaged In the slave trade*
At one time traders used to come up from Baralml to the coast
but that practice is said to nave ceased now and the Al
Sa'di and others talcs the slaves over from the Baluchi dhows
and conduct the» to Baralml where they are sold to buyers
from Saudi Arabia* I believe very few actually find their
way to Bubal*
4* The Wall of suwalq» Tarob bln Q,ahtan Saldl Is
powerless to tabs action against the Al Sa'di* 1 am making
enquiries regarding the strength of the tribe and their
villages and will keep you informed*
Cases do occur of armed slave traders making raids
on villages or Isolated dwellings In Persian Mekran and
carrying off young persons of both sexes as slaves but this
does not seem to be the most popular swthod of obtaining
slaves* The normal method mentioned In paragraph 3 is so
muoh Isss trouble*
The sultan le taking an active Interest In the
prevention of slave trading and has been In oonnunloatlon
with hie Walls* He ie personally dealing with the outstand
ing oases that 1 dleoueeed with him at the end of last month.
7.
1 am sorry to say that local enquiries and the
report of an agent sent specially to Suwalq and JChaburah show
that as many as 50 Baluchis are brought over every month
/ and that
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 40v:107v, 116r:229r, 232r:236r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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