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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 371/109916

Disagreements between Trucial Coast rulers and British contractors, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed legal action against M Buckmaster by R A J Lippett and Abdul Rahman Khalifa, both for defamation of character.

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Slavery in Persian Gulf States, 1953

Disagreements between Trucial Coast rulers and British contractors, 1954