'File A/11 IV Slave cases Trucial Coast'

Content

The file is comprised of twenty-six manumission application cases numbered 31 to 56, cases 13 to 30 being contained in the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. file 'File A/11 II Slave cases Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' (IOR/R/15/2/1852). The file contains a total of eighty-nine individual manumission applications, made to the 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. Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) and submitted to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, for authorisation from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. . All of the manumission statements are included in the file, in both in English and Arabic, along with correspondence from the 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. Agent to the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to the Political 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. . All of the cases were straightforward in that manumission was unconditionally granted by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .

Extent and format

1 file (375 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged into twenty-six cases. Each case has its own header page, but there is no index sheet for the cases at the front of the file. The cases are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest occuring case at the beginning of the file, to the latest at the rear. Within each case, correspondence and other papers are arranged in similar chronological order. Office notes relating to each case can be found after the case correspondence. Circled serial numbers in pencil and crayon refer to entries in the notes.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The main foliation sequence begins on the front cover and finishes on the back cover, and uses circled numbers in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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/15/2/1853

Former external reference(s)

Vernacular Office Files: A/11 IV

History of this record

Date(s)

14 May 1938-6 Mar 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Slave emancipationSlave trade

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