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'File A/10 Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast'

Title	'File A/10 Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast'
Author	Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by the Residency An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date:	1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place	The long-standing slave trade treaties signed between the British Government and the various rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Umm al -
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	459
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1848
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x000247
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	1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file contains correspondence and papers relating to fourteen separate slave trading incidents reported on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. 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 ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The incidents include an owner's attempt to sell his servant's daughter into slavery, and the trafficking of persons from Persia to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the sale of slaves by their owners. 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 sent reports of the incidents to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , accompanied by statements from those involved (witnesses, victims, the accused traders) and correspondence exchanged between the Agent and the ruler in whose dominion the incident took place. These papers were sent to the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as a bundle of papers, and included copies of the original Arabic correspondence, with accompanying English translations. An original copy of a travel permit (issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, and confiscated by the Sharjah Agent from a suspected slave trader) is included in the file (folio 11C).

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'File A/10 Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast'

Author Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by the Residency An office of the East India Company and

Publication Date 1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Publication Place The long-standing slave trade treaties signed between the British Government and the various rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Umm al -

Subject 1

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 459

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1848

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x000247

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 1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file contains correspondence and papers relating to fourteen separate slave trading incidents reported on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. 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 ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The incidents include an owner's attempt to sell his servant's daughter into slavery, and the trafficking of persons from Persia to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the sale of slaves by their owners. 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 sent reports of the incidents to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , accompanied by statements from those involved (witnesses, victims, the accused traders) and correspondence exchanged between the Agent and the ruler in whose dominion the incident took place. These papers were sent to the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as a bundle of papers, and included copies of the original Arabic correspondence, with accompanying English translations. An original copy of a travel permit (issued by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, and confiscated by the Sharjah Agent from a suspected slave trader) is included in the file (folio 11C).