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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [20r] (41/396)
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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Statoraenb of slaco Faraj bin i ubarak a ; ;e about 33 years
recorded at the Poiitical Agauoy, Bahrain on 1st April 1530,
I was born in Bahrain in the house of my master Abdulla
bin Abdrur-Rahman al Mushao al Bu-ainain. I was only 8 years
old vvhen my master left Bahrain and went to Qatar# e remained
in Qatar for about three years. Afterwards we travelled from
iatar to Jubail. It ic about 22 years that I am in my master's
house in . r ubail« y master got me marriet there v/ith one slave-
girl named Zainab ten years back, I have cot 4 sons and 2
daughters by her who are still minors. I am a diver and I earn
duripg the season for my master but he does not give me proper
food or clothing. I was getting much trouble in the house of
my master. I caioe to i.ahrain about one month and six days back
in my master T s boom as a sailor to carry rice bags to Jubail
and did noL return back.
Fow I 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 of the
high Government to grant me a manumission certificate so that
I may live as a free man.
Before me.
Th. I. of Faraj bin Ilubarak,
Politicar Agent, Bahrain,
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence