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IOR/L/PS/12/4099
- Record Id:
- 040-000559185
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559173
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059933687.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4099
- Title:
- Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast. The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include:
- Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legislation in Saudi Arabia, especially in the east
- British threats of bombardment and withdrawal of good offices given to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
- Slave traffic coming from the Mekran [Makran] Coast
- A suspected slave market at Buraimi.
Principal correspondents include officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, Admiralty, and Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. Additional correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from: Amir Feisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; Political Agent, Bahrain; British Vice Consulate, Zahidan, East Iran; British Consulate, Kerman; and Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] of Muscat.
Folio 40 is an article on the slave trade in the Gulf taken from The Times, 18 July 1942.
- 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
040-000559185 - 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/12/4099 : Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0035]/037-000559173[0012]/040-000559185
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (235 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- 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 237; 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 34/12
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)