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Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG' [‎75r] (149/716)

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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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The Bristol Hotel, Karachi.
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The Hon'ble Lieutenant Colonel L.Hawortn,
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. .
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The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department.
Sir,
In reply to your telegram No. 2426/S, dated the 2nd
December 1927,1 have the honour to inform you that I have
requested the Collector of Karachi to furnish me with a
note giving the facts on which the Assistant Public Pros
ecutor has based his allegation that trafficking in slaves
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has become very common.
On receipt of his reply 1 will address you further in
the matter.
My own enquiries do not bear out his statements.
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Individual cases exist and individuals make occasional
sales, but this it is difficult to avoid since slavery still
exists in Persian Baluchistan; but I have been unable to
e is any regular trade.
I have, etc.,
Sd/- L. Haworth,
Lieutenant Colonel,
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 tne Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
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Dated 23 DEC 1327
fiaaeived 15 JAM. 1328

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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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