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'File XXIX/2 Slavery in Kuwait' [‎138r] (275/296)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (148 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1907-27 Sep 1929. 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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f n- Tiie Pohti^l Agent Muscat, was addressed and also letters written to the
W,h Th a1 ’ AW and and the Residenc; Agent
bnargah. They were all given names of the slave dealers. ° ’
of Debafof Vember 1926 tbe Residenc y A g ent ^po^ed recovery through the Chief
Lai Khatoun daughter of Kamal (sister of Salahuddin),
and handed her over to the relatives.
A 1927 ^ uiiame(i son of Jan Mohammed appeared before the Political
A 0 ent, Bahrain, and gave name of a slave dealer in Abu Dhabi
Dhiab bin Sagar
and stated that he had recovered
Ashraf
one of his sons whom he had traced in 1926 but who had been forcibly taken awav
from hm by orders of the Shaikh of Umm-ul-Qaiwain. He said he had also traced
ks Wife m Abu Dhabi with one child, the other one aged five havin" dTed
ca me Bushire and gave details of his other two children (a daughter
and a son) m Debai and Umm-ul-Qaiwain. The 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. Agent was addressed
orn 'YT '" tha f, he could not trace ttiem so Muhammed son' of Jan Mohamed
proceeded personally once more to Debai in September 1927.
On my last tour m November 1927 I requested the 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. A^ent to con-
MuhammedVwife MarCl1 Resideno y A g ent succeeded in recovering
Mjihtab and his
son Takari.
Tl!L WOmaG bac ! be r n , n i iar :i ed ber ma ster to a slave and had a child by him also.
thpm ^ r ^ patr it ted t0 r Muscat : Wltb Muhammed and I am keeping in touch with
them to produce the evidence which I require.
This means out of the nine persons traced to Baraimi
Waluk,
Lai Khatoun,
Ashraf,
Mahtab,
Takari,
have been recovered and one died. Two of the remaining were traced to the hous e
Umm^nfn bm -N alda ?nr f i Debal i dau g hter of Muhammed) and Ali bin Salim of
Umm-ul-Qaiwam (son of Muhammed) but have not yet been recovered.
MC182FD—30— 10-7-28—GIPS

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to the manumission procedure in Kuwait. Correspondence also discusses the procedure to follow if Kuwait slaves take refuge at other British agencies in the Gulf. Further discussion surrounds the issue of consistency of practice and whether guidelines should be issued by the Government of India.

Included in the volume is a copy (ff 34-44) of typed notes 'Part 1:Notes for Guidance on Persian shore of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Part 2: Notes for guidance on Arabian shore of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' with sections on Kuwait, Bahrain, Maskat and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

Also included (folio 79) is a copy of the proclamation issued by the Government of India in 1873 'notifiying the penalites which British subjects will incur by illegally possessing and in any way trafficking in slaves, or aiding others in such traffic.'

The principal correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (Stuart George Knox; James Carmichael More); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain (Francis Beville Prideaux); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Louis William Dane); the Assistant Resident, Bushire (Richard Lockington Birdwood); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah al-Sabah; Shaikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah).

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1 volume (148 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-147, and ff 3-133; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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