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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [6r] (13/396)
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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Copy of a letter No. 1473/9 dated the 5tii Shawaal 1348, from
the adviser to the Bahrain Government to the Political ;?Tent.
Bahrain. ^ '
On various ocoasions the Sunni Shara Court has
passec orders in the case of freed slaves eying intestate that
their property reverts to their previous owners, not to tue
state.
This I believe, is legal according to ; hara law. The
Bahrain Court not recognising slavery or any conditions per
taining to slavery has refused to admit Such decisions. The
adhis have now written to H.E.Shaikh amad asking that he
should instruct his courts to reco nise the Shara rulings in
this matter, incidentally Shaikh Abaul Latif bin Saaa assured
me lately that the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Court always accepted the view that
property of ex-slaves aying intestfte should revert to their
former owners or to the heirs of their former ownersw
My own opinion is that although such a rule is
correct according to the Shara law, it should not be enforced
by the State Courts, oT which thu fhara Court is one.
unfortunate impression might be created were it known publicly
that the Bahrain Government enforceu a law which in itaelf
depenaed on the concition of slavery.
K/-
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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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- 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
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- Open Government Licence