'File 11/2: Jamileh and 4 others slave girls - Correspondence re.'

Content

The file contains reports and correspondence regarding five female slaves who were freed from kidnappers and sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. The file includes documents in Arabic, a translation of a report containing statements from the five women, explaining what happened to them (folios 8-11), and copies of letters from the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain to Dr Gerrit J Pennings at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain requesting that the women be accommodated in the Mission for a short period of time.

Extent and format

1 file (33 folios)

Arrangement

The papers in this file are arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner, starting and ending on the covers. The numbering begins with 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, and then carries on until 30, which is the last number given on the back cover.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1366

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 11/2

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Nov 1925-24 Jul 1926 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

American Mission Hospital, Bahrain

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'File 11/2: Jamileh and 4 others slave girls - Correspondence re.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1366, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000065> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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