Author
staff at the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
22 May 1926-12 Apr 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
32
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1843
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000242
Library Location
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.
Date
22 May 1926-12 Apr 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file is comprised of extracts of correspondence and official notices, all referring to the manumission of slaves in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The contents of the file appear to have been compiled by staff at the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
over a number of years for reference purposes on how to deal with manumission cases.
There is a printed copy of the 1913 manumission guidelines on folios 3-5, as well as the 1938 guidelines which superseded them (folios 19-20). There are also numerous extracts from specific manumission cases, letters and memorandums, all clarifying particular aspects of slavery in the Gulf region, for example, how to treat domestic slaves (folio 7), the 'mortgaging' of individuals (folio 8), the mistaken assumption that manumission certificate holders become quasi-British subjects (folio 10B), and British policy towards domestic slaves from Qatar (folio 23).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file's correspondence has been arranged in rough chronological order, beginning with the earliest items at the front, to the latest items at the rear. There is a page of office notes at the end of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: A/4
