Coll 34/11 'Slavery and Slave Trade: Red Sea, Arabia and Persian Gulf: Investigations by Sir George Maxwell' [7v] (14/680)
The record is made up of 1 file (338 folios). It was created in 15 May 1936-20 Mar 1939. It was written in English. 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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Correspondence, minute papers and reports relating to investigations by the League of Nations into Slavery. The papers concern requests for information on slavery in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region made by Sir George Maxwell, British Representative on the Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery, League of Nations. Responses from officials at 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. , Foreign Office, and Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. are contained within the file. Matters discussed within this correspondence include arrangements for meetings, the legal status of slavery in the different states in the region, and the treaty position with regard to slavery.
This information was used in compiling an annual report on slavery by the Advisory Committee, three of which are included in the file (those for 1936, 1937, and 1938; folios 289-339, 144-185, and 23-88, respectively). These reports contain chapters on: the Slavery Convention of 1926; Slave-raids, Slave Trade, and Captured Slaves; Born Slaves; Other Institutions; Conclusions; Annexes. Each chapter is mostly ordered geographically.
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- 1 file (338 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/4098
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- Coll 34/11 'Slavery and Slave Trade: Red Sea, Arabia and Persian Gulf: Investigations by Sir George Maxwell'
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 90r:99v, 102r:121v, 124r:143v, 186r:231v, 233r:257v, 263r:288v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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