Yazar
return correspondence from the Bahrain
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Basım Tarihi
2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Basım Yeri
During the period covered by the file, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain exercised final judgement on manumission applications heard from the political agents on the Ara -
Tür
Belge
Dil
İngilizce
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
253
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/2/1855
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000282.0x00024e
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
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.