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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Slavery

1. IOR/R/15/2/601-604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601-604
Title:
File 20 Slavery: Slave Trade in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
These slavery files consist of confidential correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to the nature and extent of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf region. The files contain: reports and statistical data on the slave trade, gathered for the League of Nations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
4 files and volumes (1176 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/414-422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414-422
Title:
File 13: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/6/414-422 comprises correspondence relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include statistics in relation to applica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1949
Extent:
9 files (898 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/225

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/225
Title:
File 5/193 I (B 23) Slavery in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains confidential correspondence related to specific cases of slavery. The key correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf (a post occupied by six incumbents during the time frame covered), and Government of India and Foreign Office officials in Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Apr 1924-12 Nov 1929
Extent:

1 volume (216 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1879
Title:
‘FILE. B/11. KIDNAPPING ON TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1936-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/100
Title:
File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary. The main topics discussed include: The attack on Jahra by the Ikhwan Bahrain Agency Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/65
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1928-25 Oct 1928
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/99
Title:
File 5/C Boundary questions: attacks on Ikhwan; dispute between Shaikh Salim and Ibn Sa`ud
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes from February 1919 to August 1920, mainly relating to boundary questions between Ibn Sa'ud and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim [Shaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], as well as attacks on the Ikhwan and British relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1919-17 Aug 1920
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/77
Title:
Book 105: Letters inwards 1838
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a selection of correspondence sent from the Political Department of the Bombay Government to the Resident in the Persian Gulf during 1838; Samuel Hennell took up the position of Resident during that year. The subject matter covered includes the kidnapping of slaves from the B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1838-5 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (16 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/226
Title:
File 5/193 II (B 38) Slavery in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The majority of the correspondence in the volume relates to Sir George Maxwell's report on slavery in Arabia, submitted to the League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery in around 1936. The file should be read in conjunction with IOR/R/15/1/227, which contains a continuation of c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1930-18 Sep 1936
Extent:

1 volume (233 folios)