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31. IOR/R/15/1/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/233
Title:
'File 5/198 II, 199, 200 Kidnapping of persons on the Trucial Coast; purchase and export of slaves from the Trucial Coast; Saudi Government's regulations on the slave traffic'
Scope & Content:
The contents of subject file 5/198 II relate to four kidnapping and slave trade incidents that occurred on the Trucial Coast between 1938 and 1941. In one incident (folios 8-22), the boat of the suspected trader, used to transport slaves, had its rudder and sail removed by the Shaikh of Dubai's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/1/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/217
Title:
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1929-32 Dec 1932
Extent:

One volume (353 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/1/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/227
Title:
File 5/193 III (B 46) Slavery in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The volume contains confidential correspondence related to the slave trade and slavery, exchanged between a number of British Government representatives. It should be read in conjunction with IOR/R/15/1/226, of which this file is a continuation, there being numerous references to it in some of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1936-4 Apr 1938
Extent:

1 volume (243 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/203
Title:
‘File 5/194 I,195 I, 179 III, 169 II, 104 IV Kidnapping of individuals; manumission of slaves at Kuwait and Bushire; miscellaneous slavery cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous slave trade correspondence, distilled from a number of original subject files, covering a disparate range of slavery related from a four-decade period. The contents of the original subject file 5/194 I relate to an incident in 1924 in which twenty-five members o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Jan 1906-24 Jul 1942
Extent:

1 volume (164 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/1/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/215
Title:
‘File 5/188 I, 189 I Expenses incurred as a result of slaves taking refuge in consulates and agencies; manumission of slaves and general treatment of slave trade cases’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Residency between 1912 and 1927, relating to the costs of providing refuge to slaves seeking manumission, incurred by the Persian Gulf Political Agencies and Consulates. Letters between the Treasury of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1910-9 Jun 1939
Extent:

One volume (149 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/1/229, f 258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/229, f 258
Title:
YAL SAAD COUNTRY
Scope & Content:
Sketch map attached to a report by Bertram Thomas related to the slave trade dated 23 August 1929. Shows Yal Sa'ad country with settlements labelled and boundaries indicated by red dotted lines.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map

38. IOR/R/15/1/229, f 260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/229, f 260
Title:
Map of slave routes between Baluchistan and Trucial States
Scope & Content:
Sketch map attached to a report related to the slave trade by Bertram Thomas dated 23 August 1929. Shows sea and land routes of the Mekran Traffic with ports labelled; routes are depicted in detail on pages 4-5 of the report (folios 247-248).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map