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'File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast'

Title	'File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast'
Author	return correspondence from the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date:	2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place	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 -
Type	Document
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	253
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1855
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x00024e
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	2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	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.

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'File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast'

Author return correspondence from the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and

Publication Date 2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Publication Place 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 -

Type Document

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 253

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1855

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x00024e

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 2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes 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.