File 13/2 II 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY' [47r] (93/142)
The record is made up of 1 file (69 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1941-9 Aug 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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GOKgl^ITTIAL
D.O. .No• 341.1317
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Subject i Slavery.
(My dear Peily) ,
Please refer to the correspondence resting
with your memo rand urn -No* C/120 dated the ^tn January, 1948
2. Abduction of persons into slavery continues
on a small seals on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
but on a much larger
scale from Muscat and the Batinah. The Al Bu Shamis and
the i^ai *m still turn a blind eye to slave dealiiig in their
territories, and it is alleged that the Abu Dhabi Shaikhs
in buraimi afford asylum to bedouin robbers and abductors.
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3. The incentive for this trade is the presence
in Buraimi of Saudi and qatari slave traders who pay ni^h
prices for abducted persons for re-sale m Saudi Arabia.
Unless Saudi Arabia can be closed to this traffic there is
little hope of our being able to stop it on the Trucial
Coast especially at this time of economic depression.
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Sharjah,
the 12th April, 19 48.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave traffic on the Batina Coast [Al Bāţinah], as well as the searching of Persian dhows in Muscat territorial waters.
The principal correspondents are the 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. , Muscat, and the 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. .
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- 1 file (69 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-56; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/418
- Title
- File 13/2 II 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:70v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence