Yazar
an agent.
. All of the cases included in the file are straightforward in nature. Most of the cases include manumission statements taken down from the slave at the Muscat
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Basım Tarihi
9 Jan 1940-30 Dec 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Basım Yeri
From the mid-1930s, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain took greater responsibility in settling manumission cases heard at the agencies on the Arab Coast (Bahrian, Sharjah -
Tür
Belge
Dil
İngilizce
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
342
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/2/1835
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000282.0x00023a
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
9 Jan 1940-30 Dec 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
The file contains correspondence relating to forty-one manumission cases, heard at the Muscat Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. All of the cases included in the file are straightforward in nature. Most of the cases include manumission statements taken down from the slave at the Muscat
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, which were sent to the
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.
in Bahrain for a decision. In those cases where the slave resided or was owned by a master based on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, correspondence between
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
staff 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 is included, which attempt to verify the slave's story. Correspondence from the Sharjah Agent was returned in Arabic with English translations. In most cases, the manumission statements were given by enslaved individuals seeking their own manumission. In eight of the cases in the file, manumission statements were given by persons seeking the restoration of family members.