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SLAVES, PEARLS AND THE BRITISH IN THE GULF IN THE LATE COLONIAL TIME

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Zdanowski J.

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies

2008

issue 23

5-29

Slaves were imported to the Persian Gulf mainly from East Africa. The largest number of male slaves sent to the region was absorbed in the pearl fisheries industry. At the turn of the 20th century, it was the British Government who played a principal role in the repression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. The position of the British Government in regard to slavery in these regions can be described as uncompromisingly hostile to the slave trade and adverse to slavery as an institution. The British Agents in the Persian Gulf were authorized to manumit slaves. Giving a statement was a prerequisite of manumission, the slaves were applying for in front of the British officials. Between 1907 and 1949 949 statements were made and they shed a light on various aspects of the social, economic and political life in the Gulf in this period.

NICHOLAS OF SZÉCSÉNY AND SALGÓ – AN EXCEPTIONAL MAN AT THE COURT OF SIGISMUND OF LUXEMBOURG (A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COURT CULTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE COURT OF THE KING OF HUNGARY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 15TH CENTURY)

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Dvořáková D.

Historický časopis (Historical Journal)

2012

vol. 60

issue suppl. issue

3 – 18

The study is a reconstruction of the life of a Hungarian magnate active at the Hungarian court of Sigismund of Luxembourg, Nicholas of Szécsény and Salgó. It is also a sounding into life at the court of the King of Hungary. As a result of his eccentric and exceptional character Nicholas of Salgó became a victim of the hatred of some of Sigismund’s courtiers. This led to a plot, due to which he was condemned and exiled from Hungary. He spent the last years of his life in Venice. The documents in the Venetian archives concerning Nicholas’ possessions, which were not studied up to now, provide substantial additional evidence on the Venetian exile of this Hungarian baron, his eccentric way of life and exceptional education.

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SLAVES, PEARLS AND THE BRITISH IN THE GULF IN THE LATE COLONIAL TIME

NICHOLAS OF SZÉCSÉNY AND SALGÓ – AN EXCEPTIONAL MAN AT THE COURT OF SIGISMUND OF LUXEMBOURG (A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COURT CULTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE COURT OF THE KING OF HUNGARY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 15TH CENTURY)