"الملف ‎11/3 II المجلد II طلبات العتق - الإعادة إلى الوطن" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٣٩٦/٤٩)

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Statement of aiave kubaraK bin Ya^ya Yamaiii aged about 32
years rocorcUcl at the ^cl~ticaJL iVgcncy, liAhrain, on the
iiiind April 1^30.
I waii born In tJio 'cown Ibb of Yaraan. */hen I wau about
7 yearw ola, one Friuay before prayer time there took place
a quarrel anon^ot our tribew and a^l inliabitantn of the place
took
ran away. I was one of thoue who/bhelter under a hill in a
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village naified Iblain, ^herc cttno some people of Liur W6h '
about 6 boys and 3 ^irls. One Salm cau^t me, put me in a
bag and took me with him to A^en. After remaining 10 days
there he tool: mr to Kok<aia \»o the top of a hill and left me
there my hanciu and legs bound. Hy original name was liohamad
bin Yahya, but they changed it to Mubarak. They waft^eA
warned ue not. to answer to my original naue threatening to
kill me if I revealed it. I remained 4 months on that hill
in this hardship, -afterwards they brought mo to a village
(Bu-Abali) in Batna. I remtuned tiiere viWi them two months
, from there they brougjit mo to iihar^ah and Lold me to one
ADdur Raiiman Saffar for 1500/''-. xhiu macttr was beating me
and treating me harsh. J. wont to tlie late Abaui Latif, tiie
British Agent m f >hargai\ fuid comx)l<iinod against my master but
he did not take notice but he returned me to my master. After
15 days again I went to iibdul Sjatif, t-ue Britisn agent and
complained. He tola to ny maLt< r to diopose me so my master
handed me over to Bin afean Dallal for Uiis. The dallal took
me to iJubai ana sold me to Uaif bin Hamad bin Aqaiaah for
Rs. 1700/-. Tnat time I was lii yearu oia. }.y nfiw master
v.as taking mc to diving uanks. I was diving for him and he
was taxing all my earning and would not give me enough fooa
and wear. I went to Isa bin ^ibdui Latif, the British Agent in
Shargah and narrated my grievances which did not appeal to
him much. Me tool: Kb 100/- from my maoter ana returned
me to him. liy master im^risonea mc about 2 months, then sold
lue to ;.]imad bin Ghalib for Hb. 2000/-. 1 remained with him