‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [347r] (706/804)
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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Statement of Ahmad son of "uj amraad bin Airdad ^ekrani, a^ed 19. »
of the 17th 3ept««iber # 162<»« t
I live with my father, ly father oricinall./ belongs to ?. r ekr a
but domiciled in Karac i # Our house in Karachi is at Baghdadi
quarter. Three years ago we came to Uuscat in search of liveli
hood. V/e work as carpenters. Last year ray fatlier and ray self wen*
to Dubai* One Dil Murad Mekrani of Karachi, vrho de, Is in old C01 ^
was also there. During a conversation he told us that there was
Mekrani bpy in Dubai, whom he identified to be tlie son of a blind
man of Karaciti. A few days later # we also saw the bpry passing in
a street. He looked to be of about 12 years. He did not Ik to
us. I do not know whom he wi.s serving . I do not know the boy’s
name.
Uy fatner Muhammad bin Airdad is not here. He left for
Karachi about two months ago.
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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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- 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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