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Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG' [‎29r] (57/716)

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The record is made up of 1 file (355 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1919-22 Feb 1936. 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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Copy of a letter No. 66-5/191-lil» dated Bushire»
the 12th January 1928, from the Hon’hie the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to the Foreignto the Government
In continuation of my letter No.T.17, dated the 17th
December 1927, on the subject of the statement of the Assistant
Public Prosecutor, Karachi, regarding the prevalence of slave,
traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , I have the honour to state that
the statement in question was made on two grounds.
1. The'few cases of which reports have been made to
me and in Vhich I have taken actionj(The case on trial
in the Karachi Courts was in connection with a boy
whose freedom I had obtained from the Arab Coast. I
have in the past year obtained the freedom of three
such boys who had been kidnapped from Karachi and I
have news of one other only whom up to date I have been
unable to trace.)
2. The statement of the freed slave made in Karachi tc the
effect that he had been 15 or 16 such boys when employed
on the pearl banks.
As regards No.l s A few individual cases occur and as will
be seen we have through 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 at Shargah recovered
three out of four boys whose disappearance has been reported
to us.
With regard to ground No.2: I think the statement is
an exaggeration. There may be individual cases of which we do
not hear, but they can only be rare.
&
I am nevertheless instructing all ^onsuls and the
Political Agents of Bahrain and Kuwait to have careful enquiries
made into the matter.
I have only received reports of five Baluchis being sold
during the previous year; while my reports cannot possibly keep
trace of all the sales from Persian Baluchistan to the Batineh
Coast they are sufficient to show that, though individual cases
occur,

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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and slave traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 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, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Colonial Office, and the 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. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from Minister in Tehran, the Resident in Aden, the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, the League of Nations Committee of Experts on Slavery, and officials of the Governments of Italy and Saudi Arabia.

The file contains reports of proceedings from the commanding officers of British vessels in the region, Parliamentary Notices of questions relating to slavery in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and articles from various newspapers, including The Times , Slave Market News , and The Daily Gazette .

Matters covered by the papers include:

  • Repatriation of slaves
  • Traffic from the Mekran [Makran] Coast to the Arabian side of the Gulf
  • Interdepartmental discussion over what measures should be taken to suppress the traffic
  • Seizure of suspected vessels
  • Abduction of boys in Karachi to be sold as slaves
  • How efforts to suppress slavery may impact upon the Admiralty's policy in the region.

Also of note are two maps showing locations and slave traffic routes from across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 196 and 197).

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1 file (355 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough 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 357; 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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