'File 20/1 II Slavery in the Persian Gulf'

Title:

'File 20/1 II Slavery in the Persian Gulf'

Date:

1937/1938

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains correspondence related to a number of issues concerning the slave trade and slavery in the Gulf region:Correspondence related to the League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts, and its request for information about slavery in the Persian Gulf region. The papers include a report of the fourth session of the Experts Committee, dated 10 April 1937 (folios 8-40)Correspondence related to tensions in Dubai in March 1938, arising as a result of the proposed expulsion of two men accused of arms trading, and the increasing numbers of slaves being manumitted on the Trucial Coast. The other side of correspondence on this matter can be found in the Bushire Residency file '5/193 III (B46) Slavery in the Gulf' (IOR/R/15/1/227)Allegations of slave trading in Abu Dhabi, emerging in early 1938, and discussions between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle), Bahrain Political Agent (Hugh Weightman) and the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, on the best means of punishing the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi. The other side of correspondence on this matter can be found in the Bushire Residency file '5/193 IV (B55) Slavery in the Gulf' (IOR/R/15/1/228).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 283; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 48-263, and ff 264-279; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 8-49.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Reports
Boundary disputes
League of Nations, Advisory Committee of Experts on Slavery

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003c9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003c9_en
IOR/R/15/2/602
IOR/R/15/2/602

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