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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [41r] (86/228)
The record is made up of 1 volume (110 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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L 7 3
24. Major Cox was instructed in a letter,
dated the 4th September 1905, in connection
with the question of slavery at Bahrein, that,
as the Government of India have no intention
in present circumstances of administering that
State, all action taken to suppress slavery
must be through and with the co-operation
of the Sheikh. In this letter the Govern
ment of India also authorise the Political
Agent at Bahrein to issue certificates of
manumission (in consultation with the
Sheikh), and consider that instructions he
issued to him on the following lines :—
(1) that no efforts should he spared to
detect and suppress fresh importations of
slaves into the island;
(2) that in the case of newly imported
slaves or of slaves who have been subjected
to ill-treatment by their masters, every facility
should be afforded for obtaining manumission
papers;
(3) that, save in case of ill-treatment,
no encouragement to apply for their freedom
should be offered to the numerous slaves who
are reported to have been long domiciled in
the island;
(4) that in the event of slaves of long
domicile applying of their own accord for
manumission, each case should be considered
on its own merits, due regard being had to the
period which may have elapsed since import
ation, the reasons assigned for not claiming
manumission at an earlier date, the treatment
accorded in the past by the slave’s master,
the owner’s willingness to furnish guarantees
for proper treatment in the future, and,
finally, the importance on general grounds
of avoiding any widespread unrest among
those who have acquiesced in their lot and
whose sudden manumission in considerable
numbers might constitute a serious source of
embarrassment. The Government of India
also consider that Sheikh Esa be advised to
conclude an agreement with the Saiyids of
Hadd and Albu Eelasa neither to buy, sell,
nor give away any slaves.
25. General. —Dr. Theodore Thomson’s
translation of the International Paris Conven
tion of 1903 has been received, and arrange
ments are being made for its distribution in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
.
Simla, 1 C. SOMEES COCKS.
The 1st Oct. 1905. $
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The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. , Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.
The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.
Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.
The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.
The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (110 folios)
- Arrangement
The memoranda are arranged in chronological order within in each grouping from the front to the back 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 112; 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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- Mss Eur F112/450
- Title
- 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:111v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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