IOR/L/PS/12/4098

Correspondence, minute papers and reports relating to investigations by the League of Nations into Slavery. The papers concern requests for information on slavery in the Persian Gulf region made by Sir George Maxwell, British Representative on the Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery, League of Nations. Responses from officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, and Political Residency in the Persian Gulf are contained within the file. Matters discussed within this correspondence include arrangements for meetings, the legal status of slavery in the different states in the region, and the treaty position with regard to slavery.

This information was used in compiling an annual report on slavery by the Advisory Committee, three of which are included in the file (those for 1936, 1937, and 1938; folios 289-339, 144-185, and 23-88, respectively). These reports contain chapters on: the Slavery Convention of 1926; Slave-raids, Slave Trade, and Captured Slaves; Born Slaves; Other Institutions; Conclusions; Annexes. Each chapter is mostly ordered geographically.