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File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [38r] (81/685)
The record is made up of 1 volume (338 folios). It was created in 1 Apr 1928-20 Aug 1932. It was written in English and French. 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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31/1^/34/
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*:ith n-ft rw ncc to your doepf^tch No. 106 of
i’uvoh r5nd f end to that pert of your despatch No. 101 of
Foomary 84th vhi £i rtf^rr<-d to the elevery crticle,
(ortiolc 10), of Uiv. gen ere 1 treaty, X have to Inform
you that the latest draft of thte ortlole suggeatocl by
the Persl-n rtaietor of Court appears, o© you suggest,
to he aooeptable, save for the neocesity for a
specif He mention of the CXnvery Gonvcatlon of IBBf, The
ciuQGtioii whether it in in fact neocseary to mention
separately the treaties to ho abrogated will form the
subject of a further despatch.
As regards the protocol, the redraft of the
preamble in the form now suggested b$ Teymourtache is
acceptable to Hie Fnjesty*© Oovemmert. '^hc words
Vn do la tier, Vova'* should be ^inendec to s*eed :? au dcla
?? des !■crs ,, . The words {, la pratiQue d.e” appear to b©
uimeoeseary, and mif-lit he omitted, bit they are uftGfe.jociiomt)
<>. In rticle I of the protocol, there is no
objection to the insertion of the words ‘dans 1c (Tolfe
:i fcrsl< 2 tte M , It la not, however, the intention or the
desire of Hie Tojesty’s (rovornment tint the draft protocol
eiiall be strictly limitcl to the woters of the i-ersicn
^^•'^inliy qc ouch slave traffic as nt present isKea
n pcrela end the Arab!on Coast ia understood
'rom that part of the perninn Const which lice
of the Fusaiidai peninsula. You should there.fore,
is comes, propoee to the i erei-in Cloverniacnt tli? t
etc.,
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This volume contains correspondence between British officials concerning agreements between the British and Persian governments related to the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and the British Legation in Tehran.
Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions concerning the drafting of an article relating to slavery in a proposed Anglo-Persian Treaty and the revision of the Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 1882. Specific incidents regarding slavery in the region are also discussed intermittently throughout the volume.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains several extracts and drafts of agreements (most of which are in French) and the following documents:
- Foreign Policy memorandum entitled 'Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 1882' (folios 134-139)
- 'Law forbidding the Purchase and Sale of Slaves on Persian Territory and according them Freedom on their Arrival in Persia (Passed by the Majlis on 18th Bahman, 1307 (February 7, 1929).)' (folio 151)
- 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. memorandum entitled 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 270-271)
- 'Treaty between Her Majesty and His Majesty the King of Italy for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade. Signed at London, September 14, 1889 - Ratifications exchanged at London, October 24, 1889' (folios 328-330)
- 'Convention between Her Majesty and His Majesty the Shah of Persia for the Suppression of the Traffic in Slaves. Signed in the English and Persian Languages at Tehran, March 2, 1882. (Ratifications exchanged at Tehran, June 14, 1882.)' (folios 331-333).
The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (338 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; 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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- File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
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- front, back , spine, edge , head , tail, front-i, 2r:29v, 30ar:30av, 30v:186v, 187v:190v, 191v:231v, 233r:339v, back-i
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