"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٥‎٠‎٤] (١٢٦٢/١٠٢١)

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Local history of the slave trade in Trucial 'Oman, 1873-1907.
was landed at
a protest by the
1880-81. In 1880 or 1881 a British Indian subject residing in "'Oman was
convicted of a slave trading offence and was punished with fine and
imprisonment.
1884. In 1884 a freshly-run cargo of 54 African slaves
Dibai, and the Shaikh of that place, disregarding
British Residency Agent at Sharjah^ permitted them to be sold. The
Agent was thereupon instructed to demand the surrender of all recently
imported African slaves in Trucial -'Oman; and a letter was addressed
by the Resident to all the Trucial Shaikhs^ reminding them of their
obligations under treaty in respect of the slave trade. Later in the year
Mr. Robertson^ the Assistant Political Resident^ visited the coast in
H.M.S. " Dragon ^ and was successful in recovering iil of the
slaves who had been landed at Dibai^ while the Shaikh produced
four others; for onch slave not recovered the Shaikh was obliged to pay
a fine of $70. One slave boy was released at Sharjah ; and another at
U mm-al-Qaiwain.
1890-91. In 1890 or 1891 fresh reminders as to their duty were addressed
to the Shaikhs of Trucial ^Oman and resulted in the liberation of a few
slaves.
led a desig
tk belief
1892.
1894..
1896.
In 189^ complaints become frequent of slave dealing in Trucial
^Oman^ and in November of that year Colonel Talbot^ the Resident,
found it necessary to visit the coast in the R.I.M.S. "Lawrence/'
accompanied by H.M.S. a Sphinx and H.M.S. "Cossack.^ In one
instance 33 slaves were shown to have been brought—in a Sur vessel
under the French flag—from Zanzibar to Ras-al-Khaimali, whence they
had been carried to Khor Fakkan in the same jurisdiction and disposed of.
In this case Colonel Talbot authorised a reduction of the customary
fine of $70 for each slave, on the ground that the slave dealer and
the Shaikh directly in charge of Khor Fakkan were mainly respon
sible ; but the fine was nevertheless a heavy one. Five slaves having
been recently landed at Hamriyah, the Shaikh of Sharjah was compelled
to pay a fine of |550 on account of his feudatory, the local Shaikh;
and at Dibai, where two slaves had been imported by a Bahrain subject
and a demand by the British Residency Agent for their surrender had
been refused, a fine of $250 was exacted.
In 1894 the Shaikh of Ras-al-Khaimah was fined $195 on account
of one slave sold at that place, and of five slaves brought there for sale
by a native of Khadhra in Batinah, but not sold.
In February 1896 the Political Resident visited the Trucial Coast
in the R.I.M.S. "Lawrence/' accompanied by H.M.S. "Lapwing/'
to enquire into the alleged importation of about 40 slaves at Abu
Dhabi, The Shaikh could not deny the facts, though he tried to
minimise them and to extenuate his conduct by alleging a general
prevalence of the traffic and even connivance on the part of the British