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Slavery in Persian Gulf States, 1953

This file contains correspondence relating to: HMG's advice to Gulf Sheikhs to resist attempts by Saudi Arabia to recover runaway slaves Attempts to recover British protected persons who have been enslaved in Saudi Arabia, including the case of Afrah Bint Mohammad who was kidnapped from Buraimi The extinction, in Bahrain, of forced unpaid labour in date gardens and debt bondage in pearl diving The regulations governing pearl diving, issued by the Ruler of Qatar The manumission of slaves across the Trucial Coast, including: Id Bin Suwaid, a slave of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh S

FO 1016/105

Notes on Muscat administration reports, 1873-1940, 1952 Dec 31

This file contains notes on administration reports in the Muscat Consulate, covering the years 1873-1940. These notes were written for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the extracts referred to relate to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the tribes of the interior. It includes a note on the 1920 Treaty of Sib [Seeb].

FO 1016/167

Bahrain: residency, 1952

This file relates to the internal political situation in Oman.

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