Author
an agent.
in Muscat. Case number 1 is a straightforward case
Publication Date
24 Dec 1946-24 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
31
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1839
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00023e
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
24 Dec 1946-24 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence related to two manumission cases originating with the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Muscat. Case number 1 is a straightforward case (folios 6-12) involving a male slave who has absconded to Muscat, and includes a copy of the manumission statement sent by the Muscat
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the Bahrain
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for approval (folio 8). Case number 2 involves the abduction of a woman and two daughters by a Kalba inhabitant (folios 13-30). Correspondence relayed from 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.
(Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crabshaw Galloway) to the Shaikh of Kalba via the Sharjah Agent seeks to recover sufficient finance from the alleged kidnapper to enable the relatives of the abducted women to buy their freedom. As the alleged kidnapper has moved to Fujairah and is described by the Shaikh of Fujairah as being in 'bad financial circumstances', the Bahrain Agent requests that the Shaikh of Fujairah bear the costs for securing the release of the kidnapped women (folios 22).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged by slavery case, and contains two cases. Case number 1 starts on folio 6, while case number 2 begins on folios 13. Folios 1-5 are reserved for index pages, with folio 2 listing the names of the slaves involved in the two cases in the file. Within each case, correspondence has been arranged in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Files: A/2 (4A II)
Köken
Vernacular File normally kept in the English Office.
