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Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG' [89r] (177/716)
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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Extract from "The Daily Gazette", Monday
10th October 1927.
BOLD INTO SLAVERY.
Karachi (ihariwalla Bent to Prison.
The sensational slavery case in which
Mahomed Sheran, a gharriwalla of Karachi, was
being tried before Mr. P.E. Percival, C.I.E., I.C.S.,
Judicial Commissioner of Sind and a Jury, on
charges of abducting two boys (originally Hindus)
named Moti and Karela from Karachi, and selling
them as slaves in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, has come to a
close. The jury returned amanimous verdict of guilty
against the accused on both the charges, i.e., of
abduction and selling as slaves.
The learned judge accepting the verdict
sentenced the accused to five years* rigorous
imprisonment. The sentences were ordered to be
concurrent.
Mr. Hatim B. Tyabji, Barrister-at-Law, who
represented the accused requested the Court to take a
lenient view, in view of the fact that the principal
offender was Haji Shakar who had absconded. Shakar
had used Mahomed Sheran merely as a tool.
Mr. Parsram Tolaram,* LL.B., Assistant
Public Prosecutor for Sind, who appeared on behalf of
the Crov/n, pressed for a severe sentence, as the
offence was of a severe nature. He said that the
traffic in slaves had become very common and several
iviakranis were plying a lucrative trade.
It is understood that another sessions trial
will
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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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- Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG'
- Pages
- 87r:90v
- Author
- The Daily Gazette, Karachi
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