Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
312
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/229
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000ca
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
6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and the efforts of 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.
and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in which witness testimonies reveal the extent of the slave trade across the Gulf of Oman (folios 107-108), and the numbers of slaves on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, with up to 1,500 claimed to be in Dubai.
The volume broadens in scope, reflecting the British Government’s concerns about the extent of the slave trade from Persia/Baluchistan. There are detailed reports made in 1929 on the extent and nature of slavery in the Gulf region, specifically in Kuwait (folios 198-204, 215-216), Qatar (folios 220-223), the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(folios 208-209), and Muscat (folios 242-260). The last of these reports is compiled by Bertram Thomas, then
Wazir
Minister.
[Finance Minister] for the State of Muscat, and focuses on the slave trade in the Al-Batinah region of Oman. The report includes a detailed account of slavery and the pearl diving industry, maps of slave trade routes across the Gulf of Oman and on the Al-Batinah coast, and the names of known slave dealers in the region.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
Correspondence contained in the file compiled in a rough chronological order, from earliest at the front to most recent at the rear. f.2 is a handwritten index that lists the high-level contents of the file, organised into either specific reports or broad themes covering extensive amounts of correspondence. The numbering system used by this contents page refers to the earlier foliation system using uncircled numbers.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 5/196 I
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
'YAL SAAD COUNTRY'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/229, f 258
Map of slave routes between Baluchistan and Trucial States
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/1/229, f 260
