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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' [46r] (91/576)
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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3. 'fhe iuaglo-Perelaa alarery OonYentlon of 1802 Is
still in force# Article 1 of this Convention states that
the object of the possible visit and detention of Persian
merchant vessels was w in order to prevent the chance of
nogro slaves* male and female* being imported into Persia**•
Although there was now no traffic in negro olaves* the
convention appeared none the less to confer on His jetty's
Government the right to visit and detain Persian shirs
for slaves of all races* The Persian Government maintain
that the convention is out of date* and so inapplicable
to existing circumstances as to be virtually null and
void; but this is not admitted by His najesty 1 * Government*
4* By custom* hoviever* native vessels within the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
may be searched for slaves* whatever flag
they may be flying* except as stated in the following
paragraphs*
5* Search meat always be carried out in the manner
laid down in the Slave Trade Instructions, Volume I*
6* As regards Persian vessels* the practice of
search Is to be continued in the neighbourhood of the
slave route between Ifekran and the ^rabion coast where
action could be Justified under the 1862 Slave Convention
and by the right which is exercised to search vessels in
^rab territorial waters in this rea* Greater care is
necessary in areas such as the north-western portion of
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
* In the latter case Persian vessels sure
only to be examined where definite infor hation or very
strong suspicion exists and in no ease are Persian vessels
to be searched In Persian territorial waters*
V* as regards Iraqi vessels, on the high seas no
change should be made in the present practice* although
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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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