'File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery'
- Date:
- 1922/1928
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition, dated 10 September 1919 (ff 6-23), and correspondence exchanged in March 1923 between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Trevor) and the Bahrain Political Agent (Captain Clive Daly), discussing an apparent increase in the numbers of arms being traded into Arabia (ff 24-28).The majority of the file is dedicated to specific instances of slave trading in the region. A significant portion of the file is comprised of correspondence related to the import of five Armenian women from Kuwait to Qatar via Bahrain in 1924 (from f 31 onwards). Copies and return correspondence on this subject can be found in the Bushire Residency file '5/193 I (B23) Slavery in the Gulf' (IOR/R/15/1/225), but the items in this volume provide greater detail of the role played in the matter by the Bahrain Political Agent (Daly) and the American Mission in Bahrain in the recovery and questioning of the Armenian women, as well as details of how and where each of the women were traded (ff 101-104).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 177; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.The sequence includes four foliation anomalies, ff 1a, 63a, 63b and 99a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slavery
Arms control - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00035b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00035b_en
IOR/R/15/2/124
IOR/R/15/2/124