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'File A/11 IV Slave cases Trucial Coast' [242r] (483/750)
The record is made up of 1 file (375 folios). It was created in 14 May 1938-6 Mar 1939. 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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statement made by ^small bin Mabarak, born at bhamal of Kas
al ^haimah, aged about 25 years. Recorded at bharjab on the 28th
October 1938.
I was bom at bhamal in the house of my master Mihamad -^bol
Haon of bhamal who used to send me to diving. About 10 years
ago fi$y master Muhamad sold me to Zainab bint Mihamad v;ho used
also to send me to diving. As a few days ago I heard that she xodK
intends to sell me 1 ran away from Ajman to bhopjaji i n order to
take refuge at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and beg to be released from slavery.
T.I.of Ismail bin Aibarak.
Statement made by has in ah bint Hasan, born at hodeideh of
Yeman, aged about 50 years. Recorded at Sharjah on 29th October
1938.
I was bom at ^odeideh of *emen. when I was a child I was
kidnapped from my tom about 50 years ago. I do not know the man
who kidnapped and brought me to Ajman where I was sold to a
certain Ali^bilL-^^i 111311 ^jman who got me married to a man
named Marzooq, slave of Uasir bin All of Ajman. Owing to the
cruelty and illtreatment of my master I ran away from Ajman to
bharjah in order to take refuge at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and beg to be
freed from slavery.
T.I.of Hasinah bint Hasan.
Statement made by Salmuh bint Marzooq, born at Suwahil, aged
about 40 years. Recorded at bharjah on 29th October 1938.
I was bom at buwahil and kidnapped from my native place when
I was young. 1 do not know the name of the kidnapper who brought
me to Hebai where I was sold to a certain Khairi, slave of Afrah
bint ^ayel of Hebai. J-'hree years ago my master died and 1 stayed
with his son > Salf - As a f ew days ago I heard that he intends to
sell me 1 ran away from "ebai to ^harjah in order to take refuge
at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and beg to be freed from slavery.
T.I.of Salmuh bint Marzooq.
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- Content
The file is comprised of twenty-six manumission application cases numbered 31 to 56, cases 13 to 30 being contained in the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. file 'File A/11 II Slave cases Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' (IOR/R/15/2/1852). The file contains a total of eighty-nine individual manumission applications, made to 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 at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) and submitted to 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. in Bahrain, for authorisation from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. . All of the manumission statements are included in the file, in both in English and Arabic, along with correspondence from 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 to the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to the Political 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. . All of the cases were straightforward in that manumission was unconditionally granted by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (375 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged into twenty-six cases. Each case has its own header page, but there is no index sheet for the cases at the front of the file. The cases are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest occuring case at the beginning of the file, to the latest at the rear. Within each case, correspondence and other papers are arranged in similar chronological order. Office notes relating to each case can be found after the case correspondence. Circled serial numbers in pencil and crayon refer to entries in the notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence begins on the front cover and finishes on the back cover, and uses circled numbers in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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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/15/2/1853
- Title
- 'File A/11 IV Slave cases Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- 1r:12v, 16r:19v, 21r:21v, 23r:23v, 25r:35v, 38r:111v, 114r:115v, 117r:117v, 120r:215v, 217r:220v, 222r:316v, 317ar:317bv, 318r:374v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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