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

Title	‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’
Publication Date:	28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place	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 e -
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	137
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/1/199
Record ID	vdc_100000000193.0x0000ac
Library Location	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.
Date	28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	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.

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

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

Publication Place 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 e -

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 137

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/1/199

Record ID vdc_100000000193.0x0000ac

Library Location 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.

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

Notes 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.