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should cut free of charge and bring to Karachi and sell at a
profit* Shanker agreed to this proposal and went in a steamer
with Darok to Gwadur. There Darok took him to a house where he
saw an old man who was introduced to him by harok as his father,
IDunnahomed• These two persons told him not to talk in Hindustani
to anyone in Gwadur. They stayed one day at that house. They
brought a camel at night and drove Shanker away on it at night to
Khir, which 1 have since ascertained is a place two days journey
by camel from Gwadur and four or five hours from Cnarbar* (There
is a 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. at Charbar which is probably the reason
why Darok got down at Gwadur). At Khir they stayed in the house
of Lalmahomed. Darok and Durmahomed sold shanker to Lalmahomed
and his partner, Muradkhan* When Darok and Durmahomed left
Shanker with Lalmahomed they told him that they were going to
look at a jungle near by for sandalwood. After they left Lal
mahomed and Murad told shanker that he had been sold to them as
a slave. Shanker worked as a ^ slave for 1-^ to 2 years at Khir,
looking after camels, tfrom Khir Shanker was taken by one Rustom
to whom Lalmahomed and Murad had handed him over to Koh Kalat
which is on the sea coast. There Rustom put Shanker into a
country boat where they found Moti and another boy from India.
They were taken to Batna, a place under 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. at
Muscat. With a good breeze a boat can go to Batna in / 3 days,
otherwise 8 and even 15 days. At Batna tne boys were lodged in
the house of Abdullah Mahomed Dewar. Batna is the name of district
and not a town. Shanker could not say what the name of the villags
was. They were kept under strict confinement and stayed tnere a
few days. There tne three boys were put into a country boat and
sent in the charge of tne son of Abdullan to Dubai while Abdullah
and juma Rashid, a resident of Dubai» went on foot to Dubai. The
boys were taken at Dubai to the house of Juma Rashid. Rustom
had been left at Batna in the house of Abdullah. Juma and
Abdullah made secret enquiries to find a purchaser for the boys
and finally the boys were sold, Shanker to Ahmed bin Mahomed,
Shindagahwalla Moti to Juma bin Than!. Shanker did not know to
whom