Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [96r] (191/576)
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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arguable that the General Act of the Brussels Conference
had been superseded by the St. Germain Conference of
1919 in so far as the maritime supervision of the slave
trade was concerned. On the other hand. Turkey not being
a party to the St. Germain Convention, any obligations
devolving upon the Ottoman Succession States in virtue of
the original Act might possibly be considered as
continuing. A further legal basis of a similar kind
could possibly be found in the Anglo-Turkish Treaty of 1881
for the suppression of the African slave trade.
A more effective defence, however, could probably
be based on Article 7 of the Treaty of Jedda of 1927
(Cmd.2951). in which Ibn Saud undertook "to co-operate by
"all the means at his disposal with His Britannic Majesty
"in the suppression of the slave trade". In the event of a
protest being made by Ibn Saud against the search of a
Hejazi vessel for slaves. His Majesty’s Government might
be able to invoke this Article, as justifying them in
assuming that Ibn Saud would raise no objection to His
Majesty’s Ships continuing to take such action as they had
done for a very long period in the interests of the
suppression of the slave trade. This would be particularly
the ease if slaves were found on the vessel searched; while
if no slaves were found, the vessel would presumably not be
seriously interfered with, so that the risk of a protest
would be less.
It was further agreed that a reasonable legal
argument could be founded on the fact of long usage.
While no one of these legal arguments was by
itself strong, taken together they appeared to provide some
material for a legal defence for the action of His
Majesty’s Government in the event of Ibn Saud making a
serious
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:246r, 247v:256v, 259r:259v, 266r:269v, back-i, back
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