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'File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast' [3r] (5/506)
The record is made up of 1 file (253 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941. 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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Translation of a letter i^o.B dated 3rd January 1940 from 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 gent, Sharjah, to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain.
A.C.
I beg to forward herewith copies of 5 statements made by
Rabi* bin babt, Miftah bin Farhan, Faraj bin V/ulaid, Asad bin
Mar*zuq and ^smail bin Ruba* with the request that they may
kindly be granted manumission certificates,
usual Ending.
Statement made by Rabi* bin Sabt, bom at ^ur, aged about 25
years. Recorded at Sharjah on 2 nd January 1940.
I was born at ^ur in the house of my master Humid bin
I&thamad of dur who when I was aged about 8 years sold me to
a certain dumah bin Rashid of Ratinah who brought me to Uibai
v/here -L was sold to Matar bin ^aif bin Sha f far of Ly
master used to send me every year for diving. I was living in
his house but he was always imprisoning and illtreating me and
was not giving me antything out of my earnings. Uwing to my
master's oppression and illtreatment I ran away from Aibai to
^harjah in order to take refuge at the Government House and beg
to be freed from slavery.
L.T.I.of Rabi 1 bin Habt.
statement made by Miftah bin Farhan, bom in Muscat, aged about
50 years. Recorded at Sharjah on 2 nd January 1940.
I was born in Muscat and kidnapped by some Hedouins whom I
do not know and taken to 3 r aimi where 1 was sold to Muhamad bin
^aif of Ibri who sold me at i^ubai to ‘“ajid bin Khamis al liirri
who used to send me to the pearl banks for diving. He was taking
ny earnings. 1 was living in his house but he was illtreating me
and was not giving me any food or clothing. I have therefore
ran away from ^ubai to Sharjah in order to take refuge at the
Government house and beg to be released from slavery.
L.T.I.of Miftah bin F a rhan.
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The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to slaves' manumission applications heard at Sharjah. For each case, there is the initial correspondence, including the slave's manumission statement, sent from 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 at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi), followed by return correspondence from the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. confirming that a manumission certificate could be issued. Office notes at the end of each case briefly discuss the decision on manumission.
In all but two cases included in the file manumission was granted, usually on the grounds either of the slave's ill-treatment by their master, or the prospect of them being sold. In two cases, the British Agent refused manumission: first in the case of a woman who, according to the Sharjah Agent, had visited 'places of prostitution' (folio 122), and second in the case of a man who was alleged to be already free (f 129). The cases featured in the file are also detailed in the Bushire subject file IOR/R/15/1/212.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (253 folios)
- Arrangement
Correspondence in the file is arranged by cases, where each case involves the manumission applications of one or more slaves. Cases throughout the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest case at the front of the file to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 83; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 118-123, ff 191-203 and ff 212-216; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The sequence includes two foliation anomalies: f 29a and f 172a.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1855
- Title
- 'File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- Front, Front-i, 2r:29v, 29ar:29av, 30r:91v, 93r:96v, 98r:172v, 172ar:172av, 173r:211v, 213r:215v, 218r:218v, 220r:227v, 229r:230v, 232r:250v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence