Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
11 Feb 1927-21 Jul 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
Although the large-scale trade in slaves into the Gulf had been virtually eradicated by the early twentieth century, a small trade - chiefly from the unknown and largely un-policed Baluchistan coastline - continued. Children, women and men were occasional -
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
435
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/223
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0000c4
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
11 Feb 1927-21 Jul 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Twenty cases relating to individuals and small groups, kidnapped or transported from Baluchistan or 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.
, in particular Dubai. Some of the cases are straightforward and involve the appearance or retrieval of slaves in the Dubai area, often initiated by the Sharjah
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 ('Isa bin 'Abd al-Latif) and their manumission, plans for repatriation, and punishment of traders/kidnappers, where they are identified. Other cases are more complex, where the identification of slaves, their parents, or those who traded them, is more difficult. Of particular note in the volume:
Subject 8, relating to a young Persian boy kidnapped from Sind and brought to Dubai, which stretches over 100 folios. Difficulties are encountered in obtaining a photograph of the boy for purposes of identification. The extensive correspondence in the case is in part also cause by obstructions and procrastinations of al-Latif. Subject 16, relating to two Baluchi men kidnapped by Bedouins in the interior of the
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. The case reveals tensions between the coastal Sheikhs of the Trucial region, and the Bedouin chiefs of the interior. Questions over the control how much control Sheikhs, who have signed treaties with the British, have over actions of Bedouins from the interior. Subject 20, account of the capture of a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
carrying slaves at Dubai, and the burning of the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
by the British navy, off the Dubai coast.
