‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’

Content

Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.

Extent and format

1 volume (137 folios)

Arrangement

The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.

Written in

English, French, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/199

Former external reference(s)

A series: 5/6 I

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925 (CE, Gregorian)

Context of creation

The General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890, signed by a host of countries including the major European colonial powers, was intended to suppress the trade in African slaves that continued to persist around maritime routes of the Indian Ocean and east Asia. Great Britain was one of the signatories of the act, and was expected to enforce the Act and its decrees in those states it occupied or protected in East Africa, Arabia, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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Subjects

Slave tradeTreatiesSlave emancipation

Places

BūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle

People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyNative Agent, Trucial Coast, SharjahJames OrtonFrancis Warden

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