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

Title:

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

Contributor:

Bahrain Political Agency (correspondent)
Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent)
James Orton (correspondent)
Francis Warden (correspondent)

Date:

1913/1938

Description:

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 staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, Muscat, Trucial Coast, 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 (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), the Political Agent 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.One volume (158 folios)Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end.Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to last folio, with small numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. Folio number 7 is omitted, and that there are some instances where the reverse side of pages are numbered if they are written or printed on.

Language:

English
Arabic
Marathi
Gujarati

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Proclamations
Slave trade
Treaties
Slave emancipation

Geographic region:

Būshehr
Abū-Shahr
Hormuz Isle

Extent:

One volume (158 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000bb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000bb_en
IOR/R/15/1/214

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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