File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [161r] (327/685)
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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POLITICAL
Department.
For the latest developments in the slavery
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question reference is invited to the minute on
p. 1524/29 immediately below. Submission of that
paper was delayed pending investigation of certain
aspects of tne question of granting certificates to .
subjects of the Arab protected States in the Persian
Gulf allowing them to fly the British flag. The
Foreign Office have now produced draft instructions to
Sir Robert Clive (in the light of tne latter’s
discussion with the Senior llaval Officer and uhe
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.
on'P. 1436, flagged below) as to
the line to be taken with Taimourtache.
The draft actually presented to the iinister
of Court by Sir Robert Clive is flagged at the bottom
of the file. The Persian counter-draft is aiso
flagged, and it seems clear not only from tne general
attitude adopted by Taimourtache in the negotiations as
a whole, but from his covering letter, that he is
likely to press his claim that any instrument drawn up
shall proceed on the basis of complete reciprocity.
There is now general agreement (Viceroy, Senior
Naval Officer,
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.
, Minister, Foreigp
Office) that we cannot concede the right of search uo
Persia on the high seas. The Foreign Office draft
telegram makes this quite clear, and goes on oo
instruct Sir Robert Clive to press again for the
adoption of the British Convention, which would give
us, as the agents of Persia, the ragio oi search of
Persian vessels outside Persian territorial waters,
without conferring a corresponding right on her. ns
a sop to the Minister of Court, they suggest tha
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Sir/
3222a
5000
11/28
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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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