![Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [‎229v] (458/473)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3/IOR_L_PS_12_4099_0474.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [‎229v] (458/473)")
Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [229v] (458/473)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
(c/) Saudi note regarding the Treaty of Jedda, signed by the Aum I eisal on
the 3rd October (in Arabic).
(h) Certified English translation of (^). , Ar - • i ^ ^
(i) Certified copy of reply to (</) from His Majesty s Minister, dated the
3rd October, 1936.
(/) Certified Arabic translation of (i).
4. The amendment of the Slavery Regulation that was suggested in para
graph 4 of your despatch under reference was found to be unnecessary, as the
draft produced by Sheikh Yusuf Yasin for publication left articles 8 and 9 in the
original order. The translation enclosed is the version as amended b\ the
memorandum enclosed in Sir Andrew Ryan’s despatch No. 156, dated the
:26th May, with a few changes which I have ventured to make, the only change
of any importance is the replacement of “ law by “ Islamic law in several
places. It occurred to me that unless this change were made the reader might
think that the reference was to Saudi regulations and not to the Sharia.
5. Sheikh Yusuf Yasin said that they would like to publish the final notes
on Friday, the 9th October, and to issue even before that date a notice
announcing the exchange of the notes. I reminded him that in such cases
simultaneous publication was often adopted, and he is awaiting your reply to a
telegram which I have sent to you on the subject, No. 112, dated the 4th October.
6. It was clearly a great day for Saudi Arabia when the final notes were
exchanged, and Sheikh Yusuf Yasin did not fail to express the thanks of his
Government to His Majesty’s Government and to Sir Andrew Ryan. He reminded
me that this was the third treaty concluded by the Saudi Arab Government this
year, the others being those with Iraq and Egypt. It seemed to me that there
was some special reason why Sheikh Yusuf Yasin had wanted the exchange of
notes to be effected so rapidly, and had then wanted to publish the notes at the
earliest moment possible, and 1 concluded that Ibn Sand felt that he had been
crowded out of the limelight by the Egyptian and Syrian treaties and by the
leading part played by Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in the Palestine negotiations, and hoped to
regain his position by producing an agreement so advantageous to his country as
the one now concluded.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
Enclosure 1.
(b)
Amir Feisal to Sir R. Bullard.
Your Excellency, Mecca, Rajab 15, 1355
(After compliments.) {October 1, 1936).
YOU will recollect the letters exchanged between His Majesty my Lord the
King and Sir Gilbert Clayton at the time of the conclusion of the Treaty of Jedda
of the 18th Zul Qa’da, 1345, corresponding with the 20th May, 1927, and
Sir Gilbert Clayton’s statement in his said letter that His Majesty’s Government
would be prepared to consider the abolition of the right of manumission,
previously exercised by their consular officers in this country, as soon as it should
become clear that the co-operation stipulated in article 7 of the said treaty
should have resulted in the enforcement of such practical measures as to render
the exercise of the right of manumission no longer necessary.
Since the entry into force of the said treaty, the Government of His Majesty
the King have exerted themselves to the utmost possible extent to bring the slave
trade gradually to an end. With this object they have absolutely prohibited the
importation of slaves by sea. They have also imposed stringent restrictions on
slave traders. I hey think that it is now time to make new arrangements for
dealing with the difficult question of slaves, better applicable to the present circum
stances, and at the same time to secure the common humane object, and to put
an end to an abnormal state of affairs relating to the purely internal administra
tion of the Government of His Majesty. I hey have to this end drawn up a new r
draft regulation concerning the manumission of slaves, making slavery subject
to certain specified conditions and improving the status and life of existing slaves.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (235 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [229v] (458/473), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4099, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060491865.0x00003d> [accessed 8 May 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060491865.0x00003d
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060491865.0x00003d">Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [‎229v] (458/473)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060491865.0x00003d"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3/IOR_L_PS_12_4099_0474.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/4099
- Title
- Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- 229v:231v
- Author
- Government of Saudi Arabia
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.