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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [162r] (323/473)
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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♦♦some of the people in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
towns are
♦•cashing in” on their slaves, partly because of their
fear of manumission by us and partly because of the
declining pearl industry# 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 tells me
there is something in this, though he adds that slaves
sold into Nejd really do very well, as they are well
looked after and usually are emancipated after six or
seven years and sent back. He also states that for
every 5 slaves sent into Baraimi en route to Nejd from
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
there are 95 coming up from the
Batineh. since 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.
Agents sources of infor
mation have been improving in the last year I am
inclined to believe that he is probably right. The
general impression which I get is that slave trading
via the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
is decreasing.•♦
2oW»/
'to
3# It will be seen therefore that slave trading on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
itself, where our responsibilities lie, is as I
have always maintained exiguous. In the interior Baraimi is
a centre for slave trading but we have no control there and
cannot hold ourselves responsible for it, and such slaves as
are sent to Baraimi come not from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, but from
the Batineh which is Muscat territory. Moreover there is little
local demand for slaves in Baraimi itself or anywhere else in
the hinterland, and the reason why slaves are taken to Baraimi
is for export to Saudi Arabia# If the officials of the Saudi
Arabian Government were to carry out their "Instructions con
cerning Traffic in Slaves", the slave trade in Baraimi and the
hinteiland would, practically cease to exist# In this connection
please see Bullard^ letter No#3 4 of the 22nd February 1938 to
/the
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 40v:107v, 116r:229r, 232r:236r, back-i, back
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