Author
the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
28 Jul 1938-28 Jun 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
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 on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth -
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
340
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/211
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000b8
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
28 Jul 1938-28 Jun 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains in excess of 120 manumission statements, taken down by 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 ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) at Sharjah between July 1938 and June 1939. Correspondence accompanying the statements sent by al-Razzaq includes details of the appearance of slaves as an indication of possible mistreatment, and al-Razzaq's own opinion as to whether the slave's case merited manumission. The majority of the manumission cases are straightforward. Manumission statements were received by 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.
(Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle) via 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.
at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) with the recommendation from al-Razzaq that manumission statements be issued. In reply the Political
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.
issued the certificates as requested.
Two exceptional cases are included in the file. The first (folios 206-221) involves the kidnapping and sale of two children in the Shaikh of Ajman's [Rashid bin Humaid] territory. Although not directly implicated in the transaction, Fowle censured the Shaikh on his lack of action in the matter. Fowle demanded that the guilty trader be expelled from Ajman, that a fine of 500
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
be paid, and that vigorous efforts be made to find the enslaved children. Fowle and Weightman discussed harsher measures that could be taken against the Shaikh of Ajman should he refuse to cooperate. These included the withdrawal of the British Government's 'good offices' with the Shaikh (a measure that included imposing travel restrictions), and bombardment of his fort (folio 207). Fowle requested that the Senior Naval Officer in the Gulf assess the practicality of bombardment (folio 228). The second exceptional case involves the enslavement and sale of a young woman in Ra's al-Khaymah, and the inaction of the Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah [Sultan bin Saqr] until prompted by 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. British officials discussed the measures of withdrawing good office and bombardment again. Fowle accepted that bombardment would not be a good idea given the imminent likelihood of war starting (this decision being taken in June 1939), which would necessitate the British Government being on good terms with the Gulf shaikhdoms, in order to preserve Britain's air route down the Arab Coast to India.
