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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [47r] (95/396)
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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btateirent of slaye Vasud bin Said aged 20 years recorded at
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,Bahrain en 9th jeptewber 1930.
I was born in a village naired Tihampeh in Yawan.Wben I was 10
years old 1 went out aide of ipy village in a field to tend a
flock of sheep. The re were so®e other boys there.ouddenly a
gang of Bedwins appeared there on horse back and carried »e
along with thew.iiix cowpanions of wine also wet with the sawe
fate. They put us on horse back and brought to Najd,where one
of the Bedwins whose nve I donot know sold we to Vohawed bin
Athaiwan for 800 ^roosh.
Vy new waster "brought we on cawelback to (^atar by land
and took we to the warket where slaves are sold.
One of the servants of ohaikh Abdullah bin ^a^iw the
Ruler of ^atar cawe there and took we with my waster to the ohai]
He asked wy waster for how wuch he would **ell we,te which the
latter replied Rs, lD00/_.He( ol^aiKh) offered to purchase we for
Rs.lOOO/^, wy waster agreed and the Shaikh paid Rs.l000/_ to
wy waster and 1 rewained with hiw.
fer about 10 years I was with the shaikh, and he used to s*
send we to diving banks as alhauler. He was taking all wy earnings
and gave we nothing# I was given only food and not even clothes,
so I ran away frow hiw and cawe here.
It is about 4 days since I cawe to Bahrain in q:3teaw Launch
Now I have cawe 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 Governwent to grant re a wanuwission certificate30 that 1
way lite as a free ran.
Th, I. of ICasud bin Said
Before we
Indian Assistant,in the absence
of the Belitical 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
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- Open Government Licence