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File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [183r] (371/685)
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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Minute Pap^ r «
Register No.
P.
UiciH+t.
SECRET.
POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated
Hec.
192
Bate.
Initials.
SUBJECT.
To
Under Secretary
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PERSIAN MJOTLtTIONS-
Secretary of State...
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Revision of Angio-Persian Slavery
Convention of 1882.
Committee
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Under Secretary
Secretary of State...
Copy to
BEEN BY SIR A. -HIRTZEL.
1 3 FEB 1929
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2877 1000 6 .'‘28
FOR INFORMATION.
/. Please see previous submission on
P. 893 belov r . The telegram of instructions to
Sir Robert Clive in which
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.
concurrence was given on that file has now been
despatched. eanwhile, a copy oi the Persian
counter-draft Slavery Convention has been
received (P. 1040 below), while, from the
extract from the M Times n of the 9th February,
it will be seen that the iiajlis is stated uo
have passed an Act prohibiting the siav<:: trade
in Persia, and that slaves entering the
country will henceforth be considered as free
men. Si r Robert Clive’s despatch of tne
18th January on P. 1040, it will be seen ^nat
he made no effort to adopt our surges^ion
[ supported by the Forei^yi Office^ mat me mss
generous of tne alternative proposals authorised
'' V.
by His Majesty’s Government for the revision of
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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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