Abolition of slavery in Qatar; Saudi Arabia's request for return of runaway slaves; Sultan of Oman's protest over Buraimi slave trade; no formal abolition of slavery in Trucial States. Code EA file 2181

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Abolition of slavery in Qatar. It includes a statement by the Ruler of Qatar Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani of his intention to abolish slavery in the new year; a translation of a proclamation issued by Sheikh Ali Bin Abdulla Al Thani for the abolition of slavery (1-2)
• Details of compensation to be paid to slave owners in Qatar (3)
• Position regarding the abolition of slavery in the Gulf Sheikhdoms other than Qatar (4)
• Manuals on the slave trade (6)
• Saudi request for return of runaway slaves (6)
• Buraimi as a centre of slave trade (7)
• Memorandum from the Resident of Sharjah on a visit to Hamasah [Hamasa], the slave trading centre (8)
• Letter to Yusef Yasin on attempts to recover the slaves who had run away to the Gulf (9)
• Slave trade in Buraimi (10)
• Runaway slaves from Saudi Arabia (11-12)