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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [72r] (145/396)
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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dtafcemen u raaa^ Dy jalunan a/o Mubarak or sav«anii agea
about '60 i -teapraea on trid Idtn jhaban 1<548 29tn DeGember
1950.
I was broaghii up aL flas -al Knaiman in tine nouse or
Munainmaa bin AbcLir Eahman an., as married by nis slave
who proviaea me lt»h fooa and raiment. I was divoroea by
«
my nmsband as a ^reiult or a dispute wnictiarose between U£<
I served nim as usual anx I asked nim to give me clothes
and he told me that he had none. I said that he was my
master ana it was necessary for him to clotne me ana reed
me
. He became enraged anu beat ana ^lacea me in irons
ana sent me to nis sorn Muhammad bin Abaur Rahman, at Hirah.
I remamea vwitn him I or three months. I aaares^ea Ai-aur
Eahman saying to nim , • Fear G-od I am a hexpiess woman ana
I
cannot remain in chains". He toi>$dme in repiy that he was ,
not my master. Arter o.iis 1 was releasea at night time,
by some Ox his slave^ina ran away to D e bai. Abaur iiahman
chased me there ana took me to Hiran but he dia not place r-
me in chains. Tiien my master Muhammaa bin Abaur fiahman
cameto Hirah ana found me to be free. He enqtuirea from
his son as to why he left me free? His son saia he would
place me in irons ne ,vt aay. I therefore ran aitay, by night
and urent to the Kesiaency Agent shargah. I now b eseech
the British G-overnment to set me free (fi!rom the molestatipm
of the Arabs and to grant me a manumission certificate so
that I shouia live at ease ana safety.
Stafceme^t or Karush daughtter of Noobi of dahawii, agea
abpat ^2yearsKeco. , uea on rue 7th ^haban 1549. 27th jj ember'
1950 •
1 am a siave of sultan bin Majea of tne village
Hirah Heaid not treat me well out rather he coupe ilea me
to go to the aesert ana bring me firewood ana grass, v^hen-
ev8?r I ask him for clothes he beats me. I tola him that ii
this is to be nistreatment of me it was better ior nim
to sell rnt to tne Arats. H« replieu saylnt: wtio can nolo, mt
pro.
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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