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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [‎180r] (372/804)

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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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Pr»oTr— 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 pent, Shargah
To - The Fon f ble 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. , nor*gian Gulf
No.434 dated 5th November 19R4 #
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T have the honour to state that T received a renort to t^e
effect that some Bedouins liad kidnapped two hoys children of the
inhabitants of Qesebiyah al-bu-Said,Batinah Coast a^d had brought
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them to a village named Hirsh in the Shargah district. T therefore
requested Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad to recover a-nd despatch the boys
to me; T did not succeed in this and when T enquired from him as
to the reason for his not recovering the boys he explained saying
that owing to the recovery from him of compensation for the
Fyderabadis* losses he did not care for this matter. Unon this
T sent my men in disguise to the house where the boys were and
they W75X8 brought them 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. Amemcy: I beg to forward
hesewith their statement for your information. At the same time
T received a letter fmom Sayid Hamad bln Faisal asking me to send
the boys to him: I have not sent them unless you instruct me to
do so as the boys are minors and request that they should reach
their father Khsmis and their mother Hoori in the Oesebiya district*
I beg to forward in original the Sayid's letter for your informatior
Statement made by two brothers Murad and SaMr sons of Khamis
Baluchi aged about 8 and 15 years. Recorded on 2nd Rabi IT, 1343
(=31/10/24).
They state that they have been kidnapped by Bedouin robbers
at nimht time fr»om the Q^sebiya district of the Al-Busaid who took
them to the village named Hirah and there sold them to a ^an whose
name they do not know. Afte 1 " seven days later they were taken
fro^ that man’s house 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. Amency and they r’eq'ueot
that they should be saved and be handed over to theit fathet
Khamis and their mother Hoori in the QeeeMyA district.
Letter No.73 dated 18th October 1924 from Saiyed Hamad bin
Faisal, ™ali of Sobar, 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, Sharmab.

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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).

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1 volume (393 folios)
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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
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