Abstract

In March 1877, the British searched a ship named The Rokeby and discovered eight Abyssinian child slaves on board. It is argued that, hitherto frustrated by the constant evasion of their attempts to supress the slave trade, they used the event to bring pressure on local government officials and merchants of Bushehr to cease their collusion and involvement. The result was a decline in the trade at least in the coast around Bushehr. There having been hitherto no specific studies of the Abyssinian slave trade to Iran, the case has also been taken as an opportunity to discuss it from its country of origin through Mecca and Jeddah, then in Ottoman territory, and to the Gulf ports of Iran, which allows an indicative comparison of Ottoman and Iranian policies of suppression. Rare insight has been provided into the experiences of the slaves themselves by the first-hand accounts of their journeys from Abyssinia given to the British.

摘要

1877 年 3 月，英国人搜查了一艘名为The Rokeby的船。并在船上发现了八名阿比西尼亚童奴。有人争辩说，由于他们一直逃避打击奴隶贸易的企图而受挫，他们利用这一事件向布什尔的地方政府官员和商人施加压力，要求他们停止勾结和参与。结果是至少在布什尔周围的海岸贸易下降。迄今为止，还没有对阿比西尼亚与伊朗的奴隶贸易进行具体研究，但也以此为契机，从其原产国通过麦加和吉达，然后在奥斯曼领土，再到伊朗的海湾港口进行讨论，这允许对奥斯曼帝国和伊朗的镇压政策进行指示性比较。