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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [159r] (330/804)
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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at once wrote ray Ho.224 dated 27th Shawwal 1342 ( = l-fi-24)
of which I hex to enclose a copy for your infornation and
stated that in accordance with the true infornation received
by ne the kidnapner Bedouin had stated to the inhabitants
of Debai that he had kidnapped the three Baluchis fron the
Hirah village by order of Sheikh Khalil bin Ahmad on account
of his difference with the inhabitants of the Hirah village
and that he had restored two of them on condition that he
should not hand back the third man and to this effect Sheikh
Khalid had given him his covenant in the name of God. '/hen
■S-
I informed Sheikh Khalid that this news had reached me he
refrained from recovering the Baluchi from the Bedouin.
In conclusion I have the honour to state that during this
to the promises written by Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad! o the
same way Xh&t as to two of them were restored. And I have
now come to know of the Shaikh’s neglecting same I thought
it necessary to refer to you for the restoration of the
Baluchi from Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad so that this should
in the towns of the irucial Coast.
Letter Ho.12 dated 9th Jamadi II (=16-1-24) 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, Shargah, to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad,
Chief of Shargah.
I beg to state that a party of Baluchis living in the
Hirah village, appertaining to the Shargah district have
come 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.
and state that this morning
3 Baluchis had gone to bring water from the A.jman wells
and after they had taken the necessary quantity of water
and were on their way back to jlirah one Ghadir Alkaloi
waylaid and kidnapped and took them to the interior’ and that
at nresent Ghadir is with you.
j.
I request you therefore to recover the three men from said
Ghadir as these Baluchis are free men and are the children
of oeople there and their parents and those near (into them
are
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- Content
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- ‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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