'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION'

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.

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/15/2/1367

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 11/3 II

History of this record

Date(s)

6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Slave emancipation

People & organisations

Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Emir of Qatar

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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1367, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/9440> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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