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IOR/L/PS/18/B407

Record Id:

040-000563555

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000562855

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003d1

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100029571483.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/18/B407

Title:

Slavery in the Persian Gulf

Scope & Content:

Memorandum providing an overview of the extent of slavery in the Persian Gulf, and the measures undertaken by his Majesty's Government to combat it.

Covering:

introduction outlining the legal status of slavery;
treaty engagements of the Arab States of the Gulf, including Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd’s] cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade;
treaty engagements of Persia - the Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 2 March 1882 for the suppression of the traffic of slaves;
present position on the Arab Littoral of the Gulf – with proposals made by Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf;
present position on the Persian Littoral;
Persian representations regarding abrogation of Slavery Convention of 1882 with Great Britain, and the implications of the League of Nations' Slavery Convention of 1926;
attitude to be adopted towards a Persian demand for abrogation, expressing views of the Foreign Office, India Office, and Admiralty.

Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563555

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B

IOR/L/PS/18/B407 : Slavery in the Persian Gulf

Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0438]/040-000563555

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003d1

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1928

End Date:

1928

Date Range:

29 Sep 1928

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 65, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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