'File 5/191 Kidnapping of Baluchis and Indians on the Mekran Coast and exporting them for sale at Oman and Trucial Coast' [5r] (14/511)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1921-29 Jul 1922. 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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Town
Telegram R*
From
Political,Muscat♦
To Resident,Bushire.
/
Bated P^th received 28th January 1921 0
3 o a ... -
V
There has been a very serious recurrence of
slave cases from Mehran between Charbar and Jask, three cases
of 23 persons having been reported today in addition to. 14
reported in my telegram No*80. Slave dealers are Baluchis
residing in Batinahx^xSKiixn and Mekran. In Batinah Sultan
( has had little control and though local authorities have acted
vigorously lately there is .little chance of recovery of sMve
once they are landed. Arrival, of levies and new boat will
strengthen their hands and .1 hope through local authorities end
Sheikhs of Oman to secure arrest of those believed to be implic
ated and in fact Omanis are said to have refused to buy slaves
or protect dealers.
Great contributory cause is continual Absence
of H,M& Shijbs from these waters. We cannot expect Sultan to
be able to do much as regards slavery unless our sea control
renders this traffic from country of origin difficult 0
Occasional cruise of.H.M.Ship is best sign that we are awake
Political•
Telegram R
Trevor,Bushire
From
Political,Muscat.
To
No * 187. ^
Bated 29th January 1921,
Your telegram 147. I am asking S.H.O. if hd
can now arrange more showing flag trips.
Trevor*
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The volume contains correspondence between various British Government officials in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , who were responding to a perceived increase in the trade of slaves across the Gulf of Oman, from the Baluchistan coast to the Batinah and Trucial coasts on the Arabian Peninsula. A significant proportion of the volume is intelligence on maritime slave trading activities on the Baluchistan coast. This intelligence was collected by local Baluchis reporting to the Assistant Superintendent of the telegraph office at Jask (Mr Navarra), who telegraphed reports of the activity of dhows suspected of carrying slaves to the Arab coast to the 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. , then under the charge of Major Arthur Trevor. In the case of those boats suspected to be headed to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , 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. requested the 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. Agent at Sharjah [‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif] to use the intelligence to retrieve the slaves once they have arrived on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . When there was evidence of either direct or indirect involvement on the part of one of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs in slave trading, 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. wrote directly to the shaikh concerned, warning him of the consequences of his actions (for example, folio 86). Conversely, when a shaikh had taken action in the rescue of a slave, he received praise from 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. (folio 137).
A report from Captain Brandon, Commanding Officer of HMS Cyclamen , which was patrolling the Baluchistan coast in order to deter slave traders, wrote that a well-known slave trader on the Makran coast was in receipt of a small annual subsidy from the British Government to protect the telegraph line in the area (folios 176-77). This suggestion was contested by Mr Navarra (folios 206-08), though he conceded that others involved in the slave trade on the Makran coast, who have seen their slaves intercepted by British authorities, had threatened to cut British telegraph cables in retaliation. Mr Navarra also suggested that the trade in slaves from Baluchistan to the Arabian Coast, besides being a result of the continued drought and famine in the Baluchistan region, had been recently encouraged by an increase in the trade of rifles from Arabia to Baluchistan, one being used to pay for the other.
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- 1 volume (249 folios)
- Arrangement
The correspondence contained in the volume is arranged in rough chronological order, from the earliest pieces at the front of the volume, to the latest at the rear. Because of the prioritisation of chronological order, sets of correspondence related to specific issues are scattered across the volume, as opposed to be being grouped together, e.g. the reply to a letter on folio 127 may be found much later in the volume, on folio 172.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover with circled numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There is an earlier foliation system using uncircled numbers that runs through the volume. The earlier foliation system is referenced by annotations in the correspondence that refer to earlier correspondence existing in the volume.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:72v, 73ar:73av, 73v:101v, 103r:106v, 108r:142v, 146r:165v, 168r:182v, 185r:187v, 189r:190v, 192r:252v, back-i
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