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‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’ [171r] (354/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Copy of a letter Ho.483, dated the 28th January 1928, f
from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Xalat, to the Secretary to the
Hon* hie the ^igent to the Governor General in Baluchistan.
I have the honour to report, in accordance with the
instructions contained in your 201-P of 19th instant, on the
statement of the Judicial Commissioner in Sind that a regular
organisation exists to decoy hoys from Karachi to Gwadur, and
convey them thence to he sold as slaves on the pearl fisheries
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
2. I have examined all the evidence forwarded to me
find
that some misunderstanding has arisen from the Court not being
aware that on both sides of the Gulf the terms Ma^ran, ilakrani,
Baluchistan and Baluchis are applied only to Persian Kakran and
Baluchistan and their inhabitants. In the Gulf K&lat MaiCran
is invariably called l ech, and its inhabitants either '‘people
of Xech* or Hindustanis, ibid in Karachi the terms K-Jcrani and
Baluchi are applied indifferently to the people of the whole
coast from Pas$i to Bandar Abbas.
3. The evidence of this slave-dealing organisation was
collected in two cases which occurred a considerable time ago,
and a t that time I endeavoured to obtain information on the
matter in Kalat—:
The boys in these oases were landed at Gwadur whicn is
administered by the Sultan of Muscat, and were taken to Persia
through a narrow uninhabited strip of i alat-Makran. The term
*upcountry * used in this connection is misleading*
I was, of course, unable to maxe enquiries in Gwadur, and
the only information I was able to obtain in mlat-Maxran was
that in smuggling from Gwadur into Persia the old arms
traffic route was still followed, i.e. by sailing boat across
Bay. JTom ** here it is a night’s journey by camel
to the Persian border.
I. Prom the above it will be seen that Kalat-Makraa aad its
inhabitant., have nothing to do with the casco under reference.
but
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Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the efforts of the 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. and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in which witness testimonies reveal the extent of the slave trade across the Gulf of Oman (folios 107-108), and the numbers of slaves on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , with up to 1,500 claimed to be in Dubai.
The volume broadens in scope, reflecting the British Government’s concerns about the extent of the slave trade from Persia/Baluchistan. There are detailed reports made in 1929 on the extent and nature of slavery in the Gulf region, specifically in Kuwait (folios 198-204, 215-216), Qatar (folios 220-223), the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 208-209), and Muscat (folios 242-260). The last of these reports is compiled by Bertram Thomas, then Wazir Minister. [Finance Minister] for the State of Muscat, and focuses on the slave trade in the Al-Batinah region of Oman. The report includes a detailed account of slavery and the pearl diving industry, maps of slave trade routes across the Gulf of Oman and on the Al-Batinah coast, and the names of known slave dealers in the region.
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- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
Correspondence contained in the file compiled in a rough chronological order, from earliest at the front to most recent at the rear. f.2 is a handwritten index that lists the high-level contents of the file, organised into either specific reports or broad themes covering extensive amounts of correspondence. The numbering system used by this contents page refers to the earlier foliation system using uncircled numbers.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.The volume contains three foliation anomalies, ff 2a, 2b and 233a.
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