Author
an agent.
in Bahrain. The cases involve slaves that had escaped from the towns of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
29 Apr 1946-20 Sep 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
239
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1833
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000238
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
29 Apr 1946-20 Sep 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence related to over forty manumission requests heard at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain. The cases involve slaves that had escaped from the towns of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, notably Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ra's al-Khaymah. Enclosed with most cases is the slave's statement, and correspondence between the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and 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, to verify the slave's story. The majority of the cases in the file involve male slaves aged between 20 and 30 years old, who were born in the house of their master, and had been engaged as pearl divers.
Case no. 29 involves three slaves (statements folios 176-78) who had absconded to Bahrain from Abu Dhabi by boat. Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, requests that the boat the slave escaped in be returned to him (folio 184). Further correspondence reveals that ownership of the boat is disputed. The boat’s original certificate of registration, with stamps, is included in the file (folio 189).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The correspondence in the file has been grouped together into individual manumission cases, which have not been arranged in any particular order. There is an index to these cases at the front of the file (ff 2-4). Each of the cases has a page, or pages, of office notes included, either to the front or the rear of the correspondence. Each case has a cover sheet with the case number and name of the slave (or slaves) involved. In some of the cases towards the end of file, the correspondence is haphazardly arranged, with correspondence from different cases mixed together. Case no. 2 missing.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: A/2 IV
