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‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’

Title	‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
Author	Bushire Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date:	18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place	In 1873 the British Government issued the Slave Trade Act, which prohibited the maritime trade of slaves in waters policed by Britain, including those around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Penin -
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	158
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/1/214
Record ID	vdc_100000000193.0x0000bb
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	18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire 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. staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, Muscat, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Consulates), representatives at the region’s telegraph stations (including Jask), and a representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Ganawah [Bandar Ganaveh]. The volume also contains numerous replies from recipients of the treaty, responding that they have posted or distributed it as requested. The volume also contains two copies of the treaty (folios 93 and 148). The treaty is printed in five languages (English, Arabic, Marathi, Gujarati and Kanarese). In a letter of 1926 to 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), 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. in Kuwait (James More) notes the poor quality of the Arabic translation of the treaty. In response, Prideaux arranges for an improved Arabic translation be sent to him by More, for use on future reprints of the treaty. The revised translation is distributed for the first time in 1929. The two copies of the treaty enclosed reflect the ‘before’ (folio 93) and ‘after’ (folio 148) versions of the Arabic treaty text.

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‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’

Author Bushire Political Residency An office of the East India Company and

Publication Date 18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Publication Place In 1873 the British Government issued the Slave Trade Act, which prohibited the maritime trade of slaves in waters policed by Britain, including those around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Penin -

Subject 1

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 158

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/1/214

Record ID vdc_100000000193.0x0000bb

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 18 Jan 1913-31 Jan 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire 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. staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, Muscat, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Consulates), representatives at the region’s telegraph stations (including Jask), and a representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Ganawah [Bandar Ganaveh]. The volume also contains numerous replies from recipients of the treaty, responding that they have posted or distributed it as requested. The volume also contains two copies of the treaty (folios 93 and 148). The treaty is printed in five languages (English, Arabic, Marathi, Gujarati and Kanarese). In a letter of 1926 to 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), 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. in Kuwait (James More) notes the poor quality of the Arabic translation of the treaty. In response, Prideaux arranges for an improved Arabic translation be sent to him by More, for use on future reprints of the treaty. The revised translation is distributed for the first time in 1929. The two copies of the treaty enclosed reflect the ‘before’ (folio 93) and ‘after’ (folio 148) versions of the Arabic treaty text.