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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [157r] (326/804)
The record is made up of 1 volume (393 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1922-17 Dec 1926. 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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The xiesidenoy Agent, Shargah
The Hon*hie the Political Keaident, Persian dulf
Dated '5rd August 19P4.
From
To
Ho. 30:5
A. C.
I have the honour to state for your information that on
the 15th January 1924 a difference occurred between Shaikh
Khalid bin Ahmad the Chief of Shargah and a party of
village named Hirah appertaining to Shargah district and in
consequence a Bedouin of that olace has kidnapped three
Baluchis from the inhabitants of the said village. The
relations of the three kidnaoped Baluchis, the families,
men and women, came 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.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
asking for
restoration of the three kidnauped Baluchis, informing me
Mu,
at the same time, that^Bedouin kidnapper of the three Baluchis
was at the Sheikh Khalid*s house.
I therefore wrote my letter Bo,12, dated 9th Jamadi II,
(=16-1-24) to Shaikh Khalid asking him to take the three
Baluchis from the Bedouin, a cony of this letter is attached
herewith for your information. I received his renly (which
is enclosed in original for vour information) saying that
cLu
he would address the Bedouin/regarding restoration of the
Baluchis. I wrote him back vide my letter Ho.25 dated 17th
Jamadi II (= 24-1-24) stating that the Bedouin was present
»
at his house and why he would permit him to go out, to
kidnap three Baluchis and to take them to the Menaeir
Bedouins for sale and expressed at the same time that he is
well aware that the British Government are still giving ^
warnings against and taking precautions to prevent the
robbery of free Baluchis by any who may kidnap them for sale
abroad, how it was that Baluchis are kidnapped, at present,
by Bedouins in the Oman Coast for sale? and that it had
serious consequences for the Trucial Sheikhs who have
entered into treaties with the High British Government
in this particular respect.
In reply to this letter I received the Sheikh’s answer,
enclosed herewith in'original for your information. The
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The volume contains correspondence related to individual cases of the enslavement and trade of Baluchis from the Makran coast and Karachi, to the Trucial and Oman Coast, and in particular to Dubai. The correspondence is predominantly between Government representatives in Karachi/Sind, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. at Bushire (of which there were three incumbents during the period covered), and the native 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, ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif. The cases discussed touch upon British attempts to identify and recover Baluchis reportedly taken and transported to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , repatriation measures, the terms of punishment for traders/kidnappers, and the expenses incurred at offering protection for recovered slaves.
Of particular interest in the file are reports on the slave trade between Baluchistan and the Gulf, 1923/24 (folios 98-114); correspondence between the native agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Sharjah and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs on slave trade (e.g. folios 361-362); and the Hindu community of Dubai’s efforts to take action against the trade of Hindu boys from Karachi (folio 364).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (393 folios)
- Arrangement
Correspondence, bound roughly in chronological order, from earliest at front of volume to latest at rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated with circled pencil numbers from the front cover to the last folio, in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An earlier foliation system uses uncircled pencil numbers, also in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. .
Condition: There is some insect damage on the front cover and a small number of folios, but not sufficient to impair legibility.
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- Title
- ‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’
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- front , back , spine , spine-a:spine-b, edge , head, tail , front-i, 1ar:1cv, 2r:13v, 22r:34v, 39r:69v, 71r:71v, 74r:77v, 79r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:102v, 104r:104v, 106r:159v, 165r:165v, 167r:180v, 182r:196v, 199r:202v, 204r:212v, 214r:219v, 223r:228v, 230r:230v, 233r:260v, 263r:266v, 269r:281v, 282ar, 282v:287v, 290r:290v, 292r:361v, 363r:363v, 367r:371v, 374r:386v, 391r:395v, back-i
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