Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast'
- Date:
- 1936/1945
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 eastBritish threats of bombardment and withdrawal of good offices given to the Shaikh of Abu DhabiSlave traffic coming from the Mekran [Makran] CoastA 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.Physical description: 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Abu Dhabi
Buraimi
Saudi Arabia - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002a3_en
IOR/L/PS/12/4099
IOR/L/PS/12/4099