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File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [11r] (32/526)
The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1934. 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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question of making slave-trade treaties with the other Shaikhs
in the Hadramaut*
In the circumstances too, Iwhid not mention the
fact tit t the slave trade treaty with Lahej was not before
the Committee. There was nothing to be gained by it, and,
as I have said, the Committee was anxious to get on.
I trust however that fehis matter m^y rco^eve attention when
His Majesty’s Government forwards its next report to the
League of Nations.
Fortunately , Coramendetore Zedaa did not again
xefer to his earlier statement regaraiig neg^ijes from
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British of Protuguese East Africa. If he had done so in
prdvated'onvere&tion, I should have begged him to refrain
from mentioning it in go aanir.tee, on the grouna that it could
hardly lead to sxiy useful discussion and that it might only
cause delay by th^ intervention of oui Pijbtuguese member.
I hope that you will accept my assurance
that the Committee's request is not mere facile curiosity.
What General Marchand and Commerdatore Zedda said, ana what,
I aa sure, evejr member of the committee felt, was tla t the
supply of information from His Majesty’s Government was
the first step in the direction of a discussion of the
problem in Saudi Arabia and the Yemen. Undoubtedly, the
importation into Saudi Arania ana th Yemen slawes, or
of persons to be sold into slavery, is one of the curcial
problems in checking the export traffic from Ethiopia;
and the Committee felt that, intil His estyts Governa: nt
supplies up with such information as cm properly te given,
it is imposibfc to expect any inf creation f rom Saudi Araoia
and the Yemen regarding the measures, which, we have every
reason to believe, they are tak^ing to prevent the importation
of slaves from Ethiopia.
I would repeat that the Committee realised that
His/
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'
Included in the volume (ff 94-135) is the League of Nations report 'Slavery: Report of the Advisory Committee of Experts - Fourth Session of the Committee' as well as the 'Fifth (extraordinary) session of the Committee (ff 166-231).'
The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and 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. .
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- 1 volume (261 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 261; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 150-255, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/R/15/6/414
- Title
- File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- 7r:12v
- Author
- Maxwell, Sir William George
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