File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [151r] (307/685)
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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Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.
PERSIA.
i CONFIDENTIAL
26 { | ^Ijarch 18, 1929.
Section 10.
IE 1407 / 259 / 34 ]
No. 1.
Sir B. Clive to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—{Received March 18.)
£° ^ ^ Tehran, February 23, 1929.
1 ’ i the honour to inform you that on the 7th February the Minister of
Justice presented to the Majlis, asking for its immediate ratification, a Bill dealing
with the manumission of slaves arriving in Persian territory and making slave-dealing
an offence punishable with imprisonment of from one to three years. I beg to transmit
to vou herewith a translation of the Bill in question.
* 2. The submission to the Majlis of this Bill by the Persian Government is to be
welcomed after the attitude which it formerly displayed and which Mr. Parr reported
in his despatch No. 472 of the 7th November last.* I learn that the Government was
extremely annoyed at the disclosures made in the newspaper “Shafaq Surkh” in
November and which I brought to your notice in my despatch No. 489 of the
‘22nd November last. Both the Government employee who gave the information to
the newspaper and the newspaper reporter who had it inserted were severely
reprimanded, but their action has resulted in bringing the Persian Government to a
sense of its responsibilities to civilisation, and the disclosures mentioned above
received confirmation to a certain degree during the debate on the Bill, a Deputy of
the Government party admitting that there were places in South Persia where the
slave traffic was being carried on.
3. In my discussions with the Minister of Court in regard to a new Slavery
Convention he has twice referred to this Bill as showing the determination of the
Persian Government to eradicate slavery from the Persian dominions.
4. 1 am sending a copy of this despatch and its enclosure to the (government of
India and to His Majesty’s High Commissioner in Iraq.
I have, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Law forbidding the Purchase and Sale of Slaves on Persian 1 erritory and according
them Freedom on their Arrival in Persia.
(Passed by the Majlis on 18th Bahmau, 1307 (hebruary 7, 1929).)
IN the Kingdom of Persia no one is recognised as a slave and every slave that
comes to Persia or to Persian coastal waters will be ipso facto fiee. . n t \ person
buying or selling a human being as a slave or exercising any other proprietory rigjits
over a human being or acting as an intermediary and/or being concerned in tie la c
of slaves will be punished by imprisonment for a period of from one to three }ears.
As soon as anv Government agent is informed of anyone being tieatec as a s axe,
he shall immediately take steps to bring about that person’s freedom and convey t ie
information to the nearest court of justice so that the person violating t us aw may
punished.
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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.
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- 1 volume (338 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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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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