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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [192r] (396/804)
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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Fr*or - Th© Rgs 1 iomy A n-ert, Shstr^ah
To - t^o Ko^ , ^l 9 t^e ^ol^tloal Fosidort, 1 an •
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T her to state fhat on 91st Deoer'^eT’ 1DP4 tvo Baluchi 0
raiT>el Rahnat hin Nasir and Sarwaaht bin Dushanbe'! o D Fanavan
under the Government of ’Takl 1 bin Mir Aqa Than Baluchi, care
to me and stated that a Baluchi named Muhimb^n Mubaralc of
M e>ran had kidnapped seven of their '‘elativep named Kaidl,
Shambed, Taruk, Bhamali, Lichri, Guhri and Jamalak and had
shipped them all in a boat fnoir a, village called Breez a +
VeVran and sailed with them. They ^ad embar*V 0 d. (3 n a boat at
' f inab and pursued them +111 they a r%v ’ived at Khasab. They found
that two of their nelatdyes had beer sold at that town, one
sold at Bhab AH and two at the villame o+* Jazi. n n anrival
at Bokha they wore informed that Guhri and hen daurhten Jamalak
had beer taken to Oebai. They went to Debai and searched -on
the woman and her daughter and ^ound t'^em there. They ca^e
and ir**owned me and I at once informed Shaikh Said bin Baktum
wbo did his best and n^cove^od the woman and sent them to me.
I handed them over to Rahmat and Sanwasht. I be»• to forward
he-ewitb a receipt fon the woman and her dauvhten as well as
th 0 statement made by Rahmat and Sanwasbt.
As reyards the remainder of tbo^n neiatives who an© at
Roos-ul-Jebal, as Khasab and its dependencies are unden the
- 1 ^ Ik
Wjp'
Sultan of Buscat, I cannot interfere in those
places: Rahmat and Sarwasht asked to yo to Bandar Abbas and
thence to Muscat. T sent them to Bandar A bbas aski nr
n.r ’3 consul# Bandar Abbas, to send them to B-jscat, and
represented the case of t^e two Baluchis to him. T hope that
my action will be armoyed by you?
w 0 , Rahmat and Sarwasht Baluchi^ of Taravan -in ,r ekran, have
noceived fom v.n. Tsa bin Abdul Latix , R.A., our sister
Guhri and hen daughter Jamalak, who were kidnanned fnom
Kanavar and imported to Bokha and sent to Deoa* 1 or rr, lo.
yr 9 are much obliged to the for their recovery and band mm
them over to us.
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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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- 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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