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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 1016/104

Report on "The administration of the Imam of Nazwa and its relations with the Muscat Government", c. 1952

This file contains a memorandum entitled 'The administration of the Imam of Nezwa [Nizwa] and its relations with the Muscat Government', which is divided into three parts. Part I contains a general description of the historical relationship between the Imam of Oman and the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat, including reference to the 1920 Treaty of Seeb.

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Report on "The administration of the Imam of Nazwa and its relations with the Muscat Government", c. 1952