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FO 1016/260

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 371/179940

Jurisdiction, 1965

This file contains correspondence relating to: Request for a copy of the Pesticides Ordinance approved by six of the Trucial States and a further approach to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan to obtain his signature and enable the implementation of parallel legislation in Bahrain; the approval of the ordinance by Judge Subhi Hijab and its rejection by Sheikh Shakhbut; the Northern Trucial States Pesticides (Control) Regulation 1965 (Queen's Regulation No 4 of 1965) by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,and approved on 24 August 1965 (4, 7, 20) Tru
FO 371/179778

Legal matters in Persian Gulf, 1965

This file relates to legal matters and jurisdiction in the Gulf. It contains: Comments on Judge of the Chief Court of the Persian Gulf Sir John Whyatt's memorandum on legal reform in the Gulf Sheikhdoms (1) Whyatt's Annual Review on the administration of justice in the Gulf Sheikhdoms for 1964, and his subsequent supplementary report. The appendices include: analysis of criminal cases; and details of appeals heard.
FO 371/149106

Jurisdiction in Trucial States, 1960

This file relates to jurisdiction in the Trucial States. It contains correspondence concerning: Transfer of jurisdiction in Abu Dhabi.
FO 371/149107

Jurisdiction in Trucial States, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of Britain meeting the wishes of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for the cession of jurisdiction and his general displeasure with HMG. It includes a comparison with Kuwait, where HMG agrees in principle to the eventual abolition of its jurisdiction, and consideration of it leading to similar demands by other Gulf states.