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‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’ [374r] (760/804)
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 Shankerr&h son of Shamrah Jadav
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I, Shankerrah Shamrah aged 13 years "beg to state that it
U 7 as about in the beginning of 1924 a Baloch named D r ook working
as a cooly in the Bolton Market treacherously brought me from
Karachi to Gowader, where he took residence in Door Mohamed’s
house whom he explained me as his father* 0 n the next day night
they(Drook and Door Mohamed) took me on a camel to a village
called Keer-Beer-Shamsir. There they got residence in the house
of Lai Mohamed and Murad Khan. Next day after out’arrival
Drook and Door Mohamed came to me and asked me to stay with
Lai Mohamed and Moorad Khan till their retrun from some nearest
village•
After some days when I found no trace of their returning
I asked Lai Mohamed about them. I n reply he laughed at me and
said that I was sold him by them as a slave . I refused to serve
him as a slave whereupon he with Moorad Khan gave me a very
strong beating and compelled me to make myself subject to their
orders, to which I agreed - thus settled myself to remain with
them.
Just after two years stay with them another boy named
Moti was brought there by some Baloch and was sold to them
which I learnt afterwards.
After few days Moti and I were sent to Kho-Kalab with a
Baloch named Rustam. 0 n arrival at Kho-Kalab we stayed there
for about two days and during our stay there a third boy was
brought by Lai Mohamed and handed over to Rustam who was asked
to go to Batina to sell us all v/hich I learned afterwards.
0 n arrival of the boat we started for "Batna” and arrived
in a willage and took residence in the house of Abdulla Mohamed
Dwar, where we were sold to him.
After few days we all three came to Dubai with Abdulla
M 0 hanmd Dawar*s son by boat and on arriving Dubai we got
residence
About this item
- 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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