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Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG' [71r] (141/716)
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 an Express letter Ho•1365/2, dated the ’Ith
January 1928, from the Secretary to the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
,
Home Department, to the Secretary to the Government of India,
-v. Foreign and Political Department*
In continuation of my Express letter Ho.1365/2, dated the
24th December 1927, I am directed to forward herewith a copy
of an endorsement by the Commissioner in Sind Ho.13960-A/II,
dated the 31st December 1927 and of its accompaniments showing
the authority on which the Assistant Prosecutor for Sind based
his allegation in the Sessions Case 19 of 1927 that “traffic
in slaves had become very common and several Makranis were
plying a lucrative trade*.
Ho.9926 of 1927.
Karachi, the 23rd December 1927.
To
The District Magistrate, Karachi.
Subject.- Slave Trade in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
I have the honour to state that the statement that
the traffic in slaves had become very common and that several
Makranis were plying a lucrative trade, or words to this
effect, was made by the Assistant Public Prosecutor in Session
Case 19 of 1927, the record of which has been sent by the Court
of the Judicial commissioner of Sind to the Commissioner in
Sind. 1 have asked the Assistant Public Prosecutor his
authority for this statement and he nas shown me the following
pieces of evidence.-
(a) on the 23rd Hovember 1926 seven of tne principal Hindus
of Dubai made a petition to 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.
and Consul
General for Bushire in which tney brought to his notice that
one Abdullah Munarmnad Dewar was carrying on a trade in boys
and
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG'
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- front, front-i, 2r:86v, 91r:101v, 101ar:101av, 102r:195v, 198r, 196r:197v, 198v:202v, 207r:218v, 222r:232v, 234r:357v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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