'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [‎53r] (107/396)

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Statement of 'iaiiian "bin Huajam,olHve.a'bout J4 yeara old,
recorded in the Political Ageut'a Office at Baiireia on the
1st of NovoirToor 1^30.
My "oirth place is a sraall village called Tayef
which lies in the vicinity of Mecca the sanctuary of Muslins .
I remember vividly that once when I \/as hardly over 9,1 went
outside alon^ with uy to the open fields to plsy.
But to our utter dismay as joo * as wo had begun playing,soiu
twenty men or so rushed upon us with a fierce attack,Ve were
gagged to avoid alarm and then vre wero put separately in bagu
called Khurj,with our hands and necks tied up securely.We all
were carried then on camelb^cks to Lith for sale,I do not
know the fate of my companions,but X was purchased by one
Saleh bin Barhum of ^ith,for 25^ dollars«I remained with i^y
new master for a year or so,when ho brought me to Macca and
sold me to a tailor called Hohamed for ^2 65/-.After xx a year
I was again transferred to one ii*n Ali bin lAaiisoor Najadi for
740 dollarsoHe brought me to Anaizeh and after one and half
month sold me to one Mohaned Aljaurood of ohaqrah for 320
dollars 0 I accompanied my master on caneloack to ^atar,where
Shaikh Abdullali bin ^asim iAc <1#^ i&i** bought me for
Rs 1500/-. After serving there for two ) years in the house of
the ruler i was sold to husain bin Aid,the Director of Customs
at ^atar for Rs 1200/-,, I served last master for nine yoars
as a hauler,for one year as a cook,for four years as a driver,
for three years in the Custom House and for one year as a
Launch dxxxioe .Engineer.Sow he takes all ray earnings and gives
me nothing.I get absolutely insufficient food and there is
often nothing to cover rsj body with.He beats me almost every
day and keeps me in confinement.A few days ago ,being tired
of the hardships,! slipped away secretly in his absence and
came to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. here.! reached 3ahrein some eight days ago
by a Staam launch.
Now I pray the benign Government to grant me a
Manumission Certificate so that I nay escape the svere clutches,
of servility and live henceforth as a free man.
R .11. T- /. Y f~.
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