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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [10r] (21/396)
The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Statement of slave Naser bin Almas agea about 30 recoiaed
at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Bahrain on 8th. February, 1930-
I was born in Budeya . My parents were sl&ves of
Muhammad bin Rashid . My fataer died when I was young
but my mother is still living . 1 v ;as brought up in the
house of said Muhammad bin Lashid and I have continued to
0
serve him since the time I was very yo ng. When the Lwesars
left Budeya I was to accompany my master who settled in
Khubar near Lajnmam. My master got me married with one of
his slave girls named Asma who gave birth to a daughter
who died in her infency and a son who is r bout a year ola.
ing
1 am a diver ana go for aiving in the pearl/season ana earn
for my master. But as my master does not give me sufficient
food or clothing and treats me with every possiole harsn-
ness and severity 1 have absconded 1 rom him even leaving
my wife and son.
I^ow i have come to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to ask the high
Government kindly to grant me a manumission certificate
to enable me to lead a free life.
Th. i. of Naser bin Almas.
Before
/JS
Political A-ent, Bahrain.
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- Content
The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his inheritance, and correspondence on the rescue of a young Persian slave by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Emir of Qatar (folios 37-43).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, starting and ending on the covers. The numbering starts with 1, 1a, and then carries on until 196, which is the last number given on the back cover.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1367
- Title
- 'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 3r:32v, 34r:40v, 43r:79v, 81r:86v, 89r:115v, 115av, 116r:116v, 117v:119v, 121r:155v, 157r:179v, 181r:195v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence