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File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [‎187r] (379/685)

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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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty'g Government.
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 640/259/34]
1366
L |
929
February 4, 1929.
Section 2.
No. 1
(N 39 ^ R Clim ^ ^ AUSten Chamberlain -—(Received February 4 .)
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2. I had a few days earlier, as will be seen from paragraph 2 of my teleoram
N °j 5 1 th f r 8th January forwarded to his Highness the net draft convention to
replace the Convention of 1882 I had real,sed, from my conversation on the subject
with his Highness, that it would be quite useless to propose merely to drop articles 1
and2 of the old convention, as any reference to the 1882 Convention was anathelKT
to his Highness. I trust, therefore, you will approve this derogation from the strict
letter of my instructions.
3. At my interview yesterday I said that it appeared slightly ridiculous to
mention in this counter-draft the right of Persian war vessels to stop British vessels
suspected o f slave trading as Persia had no warships. He said this was perfectly true
and the Persian right would, of course, be a dead letter, but this counter-draft had
been drawn up on the basis of existing Slavery Conventions, and Persia desired this
new convention to be on a basis of complete reciprocity. I said that I could see myself
nothing damaging to Persian amour-propre if in view of the fact that Persia had no war
vessels British ships were allowed to stop suspect ships flying the Persian flag at
the request, and with the approval, of His Majesty the Shah as suggested in article 3
oi the British draft. He made no further reply to this but proceeded to emphasise
the necessity for Persia to maintain her sovereign rights within her own territorial
waters.
4 I feel it is just conceivable though unlikely that his Highness might, in the
I ’ be lu duced to forgo the right of search by Persian warships of British’ vessels,
in any case, I propose to await your observations before reverting to the question.
o. Copies of this despatch with its enclosures are being sent to the Foreign
ecretary to the Government of India and to His Majesty’s consul-general at Bushire.
I have, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
Enclosure 1 in No. L.
Taimourtache to Sir E. Clive.
011 Ministre, Teheran, 13 janvier 1929.
' C Ien ^ludib le projet de convention pour affermir fabolition de 1’esclavage que
8 y Vez J | en voulu me donner lundi passe le 7 janvier.
aieul h U8 Gn ^ ou ^ e f railG bise, je n’ai pas vu grande difference entre ce projet et son
) a convention de 1882, sur laquelle vous connaissez mon opinion,
un ° Ur h 9,8 re tarder le succes de nos negociations, je m’empresse de vous soumettre
nrvC A i ( ^ e conv ention plus conforme aux conventions internationales existantes et
acc eptabl e pour nous.
es pere que vous aurez fobligeance de fagreer a la place de votre projet.
Je vous prie, &c.
TEA MO URT AC HE.

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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:

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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English and French in Latin script
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