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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [‎333r] (678/804)

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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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To, The Honourable 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. in the P.G.
Ho. 305.
Dated. 15th July 1926. —
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After Compliments.
With reference to your letter No 47 ;
dated 25th April 1926 y anc enclosures namely: a statement
made by Zauin and Shambah before the court of the Politico/,
Agent and. H.B.M's Consul Muscat and translation of two
letters received by you in connection with these two
Baluchis' case.
In reply I have the honour to state
Jiat Zadin and Shambah have misrepresented matters by
saying that they have come to me and I have told them
that I have no force to recover their relatives. I have
since made enquiries from some Baluchis residing in ShargoX
and Debai regarding Zadin and Sharabah's activities and I
am Informed that these two Baluchis kidnap Baluchi children
from Biaban and take them to the Batinah district and from,
there to the Coast of Oman and then they,themselves,
return to Mekran after having sold the kidnapped Baluchis.
I made enquiries regarding Baqir and his
son in law Abdul Karim the Persian who is said to be resiX.
ing in Shaikh Said bin Maktum's house at Debai and I beg
to report that neither Baqir nor Abdul Karim exist in
that building. Zadin and Shambah as local enquiries
show and reported to you in detail(from Bandar Abbas)
are Baluchis still carrying on slave trades and they
know where they have Peshi.

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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.

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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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