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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [13r] (27/396)
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 Faraj ( father T s name unknown ^ age
about 30, recorded at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain
on 22nd. March 1930.
1 was born in a village near Mecca. I do not know who
were my parents as 1 was kidnapped by Bedwins when I
was very young . i was brought to Mecca by the Beawins
and sold to Muhammad bin Khalaf bu Kuwara of Qater.
My master brought me to Qater and I continued to serv^
him till 1 reached the age of 20 , when my master got
me married with one of his slave girl-named Saada.
I have got a son and a daughter by her who are still
minors. ] ij life as a servant of Muhammad bin Khalaf
was not very unpleasant . About five years baek, after
the death of my master, Nasr bin Shahin of ^ter
sudcenly took possession of me on the strength of a
document by which I was mortgaged to him for Rs.1500/-
My wife and children remained in the service of the
son of my previous master Muhammad bin Khalaf. Since
i came to the service of Naser bin Shahin My life
became a burden to me owing to his all sorts of cruel
treatment . uiy i am a diver and I earn during the season
for my master but he does not give me proper food or
clothing. I was searcning for an opportunity to abscond
from my master and God has blessed me recently enabii"*-^
me to come to Bahrain by a native craft.
Now 1 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 favour ol the
high Government to ;rant me a manumission certificate
so hat I may live as a free man
Before me.
Th. i. of Faraj
Pnli+l/^ol 'fin-cmf JJoViyo i n .
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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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- 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
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- Open Government Licence