Author
the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
18 Jan 1936-12 Dec 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
362
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1851
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00024a
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
18 Jan 1936-12 Dec 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains twelve cases of slavery or applications for manumission, heard 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. While the final three cases in the file (involving nine slaves) are straightforward manumission applications, other cases are more complex, and involve larger amounts of correspondence exchanged between 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 in Sharjah and the Bahrain
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
on one hand, and the Bahrain
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
on the other.
Cases of note include the following. Case no. 2, in which a man sought the retrieval from slavery of his sister and cousin, who were kidnapped ten years previously. The sister was found to be married and did not want to leave her family (folios 16-70). Case no. 5 in which a man requested the liberation of his son who, enquiries 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 revealed, was originally mortgaged (i.e. sold) by the father to another man for 40
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, to be paid back in 20 days (folios 139-42). Case no. 6 is a manumission application made by an indebted diver accused of two cases of theft in Dubai (folios 175-272).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged into 12 cases. Each case is numbered and has its own header page, but there is no index sheet for the cases at the front of the file. The cases are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest occuring case at the beginning of the file, to the latest at the rear. Within each case, correspondence and other papers are arranged in similar chronological order. Office notes relating to each case can be found after the case correspondence.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: A/11 I
