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‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’ [137r] (286/632)
The record is made up of 1 volume (312 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930. 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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separated, he and Karela being taken in one direction and
Motl in another - eeparated. Also I may remind you what the
accused said before the Committing Magistrate. X will
read it out to you, (accused's statement before the
. • »«■ -i t?y P 4 ate ad to tine Juryj*
Committing Magistrate Ex. ^
He saye he was in Makran for six moutne. Is that
true ? Then he says that his mother was living there.■
rVirs+Vio-r there is any tiling to show that
It is for you to say whetner txiere ^ ^
his mother was living there. But, even on that point,
there is a distinction between the present accused and the
boys Moti and Karela. The accused, as already lointed oat.
. , Mr,vr-»n before this, and the
is a Makrani and iiad gone to Makran
other .two boys iloti and Karela baa no wonaectiv.
Makren ana had never gone there before.
» Vj i ^ ( tillB 3,001136(1^ 3/
Besides this, the story about ms
little strange. Slave dealers took the
escape seemed a ^ ^
- 1 i-v,- h-art of the strange country, so that
boys right into the heart ox
- >vi+ the accused had not
they may not be aoie wo -
a c ! r>-nino- although the other two boys
much difficulty in escaping ah & , S
- . 1 » That is also the story m tms
were left in the jungle, lhat
t c from the boys and left them m the
Court timt lie separated x
tv, o-h-r hand the art story of the boys Moti
iangle. On the ouher uanu ,
n S eems more natural, namely
and Karela about their separation seems .
tnat the accused and Bhakar went away on camels saying .
that they were going to the accused's sister and wo ^ ||
■ T He story of the accused that he escape
soon return. i. - , +
,, , _ iT months and then caaue back to
and stayed in Bakran for six months
x A v, p very easy to belisve.
K-arachi does not seem to be - J
Kar r,inf viz. his conduct
■men we come to the further point viz.
.o He sa ys ne came back after six
after he came to Karachi, no su.y
y . + really after three or four months;
. months, apparently it was really
tti aside what the prosecution witnesses Soy,
and then, putting uoiae
, a ^ anvthing to the police about
« find that he does not say anyth, g
kisn^itfully taken away and sox aS
his having been so deceit! any
slave
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Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the efforts of 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. and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in which witness testimonies reveal the extent of the slave trade across the Gulf of Oman (folios 107-108), and the numbers of slaves on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , with up to 1,500 claimed to be in Dubai.
The volume broadens in scope, reflecting the British Government’s concerns about the extent of the slave trade from Persia/Baluchistan. There are detailed reports made in 1929 on the extent and nature of slavery in the Gulf region, specifically in Kuwait (folios 198-204, 215-216), Qatar (folios 220-223), the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folios 208-209), and Muscat (folios 242-260). The last of these reports is compiled by Bertram Thomas, then Wazir Minister. [Finance Minister] for the State of Muscat, and focuses on the slave trade in the Al-Batinah region of Oman. The report includes a detailed account of slavery and the pearl diving industry, maps of slave trade routes across the Gulf of Oman and on the Al-Batinah coast, and the names of known slave dealers in the region.
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- 1 volume (312 folios)
- Arrangement
Correspondence contained in the file compiled in a rough chronological order, from earliest at the front to most recent at the rear. f.2 is a handwritten index that lists the high-level contents of the file, organised into either specific reports or broad themes covering extensive amounts of correspondence. The numbering system used by this contents page refers to the earlier foliation system using uncircled numbers.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 307; 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.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.The volume contains three foliation anomalies, ff 2a, 2b and 233a.
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- ‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:2v, 2ar:2bv, 3r:18v, 23r:26v, 30r:30v, 34r:58v, 60r:85v, 89r:89v, 92r:95v, 97r:100v, 104r:106v, 108r:229v, 231r:231v, 233ar:233av, 233r:234v, 236r:241v, 259r:259v, 261r:282v, 287r:307v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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