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'Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain'

Title	'Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain'
Author	an agent. in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had escaped from Muscat
Publication Date:	16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	41
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1837
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x00023c
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	16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file contains correspondence and other papers (including slaves' statements) related to manumission applications heard at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had escaped from Muscat, the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. exchanged correspondence with the Muscat Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to verify the slave's story, with the Muscat Agent writing back in each case to approve manumission. Correspondence and office notes show that those slaves from Saudi Arabia were automatically given manumission certificates and permitted to stay in Bahrain.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The correspondence and other items in the file are arranged by each individual manumission case. Each of the cases has its own title page. The cases themselves are arranged chronologically, with the earliest case at the front of the file, and the latest at the rear. There is a index page showing the cases (with the slaves' names) on folio 2. There are office notes included within each case; most of the time they appear at the rear of the case correspondence, but sometimes they are at the front.

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'Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain'

Author an agent. in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had escaped from Muscat

Publication Date 16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 41

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1837

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x00023c

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 16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file contains correspondence and other papers (including slaves' statements) related to manumission applications heard at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had escaped from Muscat, the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. exchanged correspondence with the Muscat Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to verify the slave's story, with the Muscat Agent writing back in each case to approve manumission. Correspondence and office notes show that those slaves from Saudi Arabia were automatically given manumission certificates and permitted to stay in Bahrain.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The correspondence and other items in the file are arranged by each individual manumission case. Each of the cases has its own title page. The cases themselves are arranged chronologically, with the earliest case at the front of the file, and the latest at the rear. There is a index page showing the cases (with the slaves' names) on folio 2. There are office notes included within each case; most of the time they appear at the rear of the case correspondence, but sometimes they are at the front.