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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [71r] (143/396)
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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No 11
Bated V'tn January 1931.
From i'he Kttsdjaency Agenu liHargah.
To iiecretiary Do tiiie i^oiltlcai xiesiaenti
in tne Persian G-uii"
A • 'J •
1 have tne honour to forward nerewitn statements
of two female and one male slaves v/ho took refuge in the
Resiuency Agent Shargah . I made enquiries into their
statements an. have found sane correct anu their "bodies
"bear signs of maltreatmeilt "being goaded as a result of
the treatment. In my hum"ble ojpjbnion they deserve manumiss
ion anx trie grant of manummission certfifcate they may s
also be sent to Bahrain where they will be safer. This ae-
pendo upon your aecision.
n«E •
Statement maae "by slave Walaia a man of
a'oout 24 recoraea on trie 7th LUiaaoan 1349, 26tri Jecem'ber
1930.
I was originally the slave of Baahid bin
Thani of Jhargan. He aied and ^ as appropriated by Ahmad
"bin oalim, as inheritance due to him. He is an inhabitant
of Hirah. I served him for the past fifteen years as a
diver. He never paid me anything out of my earnings to
spenfi on myself. My income consioteu of what I eked jut
from my fishing and with ffe I "bought clothes. Once I told
my master that I have "benefitted him much from the ear
nings of my diving could ne not a fiord to pay me something
He shouued arnd certain Arabs came up anu. arrested i^e anu
placed me in irons for two months and uhen he Released me.
I waited for an opportunity and tais naving afforded
itself I ran away to the Real ncy Agent shargah, and
request that tne G-overnment may kindly grant me a manumi-
ssion Certificate so that I should live at^ ease from the
molestations of thy Ara"bs.
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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