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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' [‎99r] (197/576)

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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Mr* Hall said that he was not in a position to
discu*s the question of Yemeni vessels which did not fall
within his sphere.
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s The Conference agreed to recommend that
instructions should he sent to the Senior Naval Officer
C. fy.fiiti.
Red Sea Sloops to the following effect:- the weakness of
the legal position as regards Hejazi (including Asiri) dhows
should he fully explained and the importance should he
emphasized of all searches carried out being ostensibly for
slaves rather than for arms. The continuance of the
present practice should, however, he authorised, with the
exception that, in the case of a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. which could prove
Hejazi or Asiri origin being found to he carrying arms
hut no slaves, no action should he taken.
The Admiralty representatives felt, however, that
the objections were so strong to taking no action at all
in serious cases of arms being found on hoard Hejazi or
Asiri dhows, that they reserved their right to raise the
question separately.
II. HERS IAN GULF.
(a) Nejdi vessels.
Mr. Rendel pointed out that the routes of the
slave-traffic and the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. were
different; the ams traffic being practically confined to
the northern and western ends of the Gulf, the slave traffic
being principally between the Kekran coast and Oman: Nejdi
dhows would therefore he concerned, if at all, almost
exclusively in respect of the arms traffic. The legal
position vis-&-vis of Ihn Saud as regards search for arms
was, as had been seen, very weak: the Senior Naval Officer
has reported that no Nejdi vessels have been searched during
the past two years: and it seemed doubtful whether in any
case

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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:

Papers of note included in the file include the following:

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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' [‎99r] (197/576), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4094, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066488400.0x0000c8> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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