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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [158r] (319/396)
The record is made up of 1 file (195 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1930-11 Nov 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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StateLient of slave Qriar bin nli Somali aged about 22
ytars recorded in "tue ^olil/icul /^••ucyjBaiirwiiijOn "t}*
Li3iid ^ui(;uuw 1951.
I was born in Barbara,While I was in the tenth year of
wy ago 1 was kidnaxjped by uno AhLiad,a eluve orokor/.vho
brought ine to Waqra near Cj.utur and sold to Kashid bin Jipjnad
I served him for a period of lii years and 1 was always
maltreatott by nim,
binding it iraposaiblo to werve uy master any longer I
managed to escape and came en foot to Bu hubail«i'roiii
Buliabail to Balirein 1 caroe in a Jolly boat.It is about a
month that 1 reached Bahrein.
I request that a manumiDcion certificate be granted to
me to enable me to live a free man.
n
'i' .PoOf Umar bin .».li.
Before mc on tiio iiiSrd day of ^u^uat 1901
Indian resistant to Vm
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.
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The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his inheritance, and correspondence on the rescue of a young Persian slave by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Emir of Qatar (folios 37-43).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, starting and ending on the covers. The numbering starts with 1, 1a, and then carries on until 196, which is the last number given on the back cover.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1367
- Title
- 'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 3r:32v, 34r:40v, 43r:79v, 81r:86v, 89r:115v, 115av, 116r:116v, 117v:119v, 121r:155v, 157r:179v, 181r:195v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence