Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
between 1938 and 1941. In one incident
Publication Date
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
During the period covered by the file, there were few indications of an organised or large-scale slave trade evident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
region. A small trade d -
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
77
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/233
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000ce
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
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The contents of subject file 5/198 II relate to four kidnapping and slave trade incidents that occurred on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
between 1938 and 1941. In one incident (folios 8-22), the boat of the suspected trader, used to transport slaves, had its rudder and sail removed by the Shaikh of Dubai's men. In another incident (folios 29-42) in 1941 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 Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) wrote 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 Geoffrey Prior) about a slave trader known to be a subject of the Shaikh of Fujairah. Since the Shaikh claimed independence from his overlord the Shaikh of Sharjah in 1901, Hickinbotham wrote, if the British Government was to recognise the Shaikh of Fujairah's independence, it would be the case that no slave treaties or agreements had been signed between him and the British Government, making the retrieval of slaves or suppression of the slave trade in the Shaikh's dominions more difficult.
The correspondence in the volume originally from subject file 5/199 (folios 49-65) relates to the purchase and export of slaves from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
by an identified slave trader. In September 1935 the
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.
Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) wrote 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 Percy Loch), informing him that female slaves had been secretly bought in the area, to be shipped to Qatar and onwards to Saudi Arabia. The
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.
Agent revoked the travel papers for the man, but this did not prevent him absconding by boat. The contents of the volume that were originally from subject file 5/200 (folios 67-77) are pages from a Mecca newspaper,
Umm-al-Qura
, published 2 October 1936, pronouncing the restrictions on the slave trade in Saudi Arabia. A typewritten English translation follows the Arabic newspaper sheets.
