Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [45r] (89/576)
The record is made up of 1 file (286 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1929-3 Feb 1948. 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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Aote of Berlin (188$) and of Brueeele (1890) states that
the signatories (0 #S«a. # Belginn, British K«qpire t France
Italy 9 Japan, Portugal), will endeavour to secure the
complete suppression of slavery in all ite forme, and
of the slave trade b> land and sea. It can also be
argued that the obligations of the General act of 1890
still apply to countries who were parties to it hut not
to the 1919 Convention, and therefore to Turkey and the
States who have sueeeeded her. The latter would,
however, probably refuse to admit this. A. further legal
basis of a similar kind could possibly be found in the
\nglo-‘ urkl8)i Treaty of 1881 for the suppression of the
African slave trade, k more definite legal basis in
respect of Hejasi, .vsiri and Mejd vessels is provided
by Artisle 7 of the Treaty of Jedda of 1917 in which Ibn
3aud undertook "to co-operate by all the means at his
disposal with His Britannic majesty in the suppression
of the slave trade
8. Treaties are still in force between His
Majesty’s Government and the following states, by which
the cruisers of the tormr are allowed to search the
vessels of the latter for slaves, vis: Borneo, T gypt,
(vessels under 800 tons), Italy, Liberia, useat,
Persia, Spain (vessels under 500 tons),
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to arms and slave traffic in the Red Sea and 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, Colonial Office, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: the High Commissioner (later, 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. ), Baghdad; 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. , Bushire; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; the British Legation, Tehran; Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; Commander-in-Chief of HM Naval Forces, Mediterranean Station; British Legation, Jeddah, and the Board of Trade.
The majority of the file concerns the discussion of arms smuggling in the region, with a particular focus on the right of HM ships to search vessels for arms and slaves. Matters that are discussed include the following:
- Arms traffic across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. into southern Persia, thought to be supplying the Qashqai rebellion taking place there
- Persian complaints about British sympathy for the Qashqai rebellion
- Revision of naval instructions concerning powers to search and detain vessels in the region
- Arms traffic into Palestine via Akaba [al-Aqaba].
Papers of note included in the file include the following:
- Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition, and Protocol, signed September 10, 1919 (folios 270-287)
- Record of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Foreign Office on the 24 April to consider the instructions to be issued to the Senior Naval Officers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , regarding the search by HM ships of Arabian, Persian, and Iraqi vessels for slaves and arms (folios 92-103).
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- 1 file (286 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 287; 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 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 2r:246r, 247v:256v, 259r:259v, 266r:269v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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