Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/L/PS/12/4091
- Record Id:
- 040-000559177
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559173
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00029b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064980235.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4091
- Title:
- Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to slavery and slave traffic in the Persian Gulf. Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Admiralty, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Colonial Office, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from Minister in Tehran, the Resident in Aden, the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, the League of Nations Committee of Experts on Slavery, and officials of the Governments of Italy and Saudi Arabia.
The file contains reports of proceedings from the commanding officers of British vessels in the region, Parliamentary Notices of questions relating to slavery in the Persian Gulf, and articles from various newspapers, including The Times, Slave Market News, and The Daily Gazette.
Matters covered by the papers include:
- Repatriation of slaves
- Traffic from the Mekran [Makran] Coast to the Arabian side of the Gulf
- Interdepartmental discussion over what measures should be taken to suppress the traffic
- Seizure of suspected vessels
- Abduction of boys in Karachi to be sold as slaves
- How efforts to suppress slavery may impact upon the Admiralty's policy in the region.
Also of note are two maps showing locations and slave traffic routes from across the Persian Gulf (folios 196 and 197).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000559173
040-000559177 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/4088-4099 : Political (External) Collection 34: Slavery and the Slave Trade
IOR/L/PS/12/4091 : Coll 34/4 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Reports on; Attitude of HMG' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0035]/037-000559173[0004]/040-000559177
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (355 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00029b
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 1 Dec 1919-22 Feb 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 357; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 34/4
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)