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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [‎174r] (351/396)

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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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ijtatemou'c of slave Abdullah, bim 3aeed aged about 30,
recorded in J >he Political ^eacy,Baiireia*
birtii place is Nejd.My mother was ii^tht service
of oae Salim bim Sal eh amd I was bora ia^house. .aiea 1
was of age Iwas sold by Salim biE Salth oae ^uiiamao.
bin Aifaa ia Shagrah-Nejd.I served this master for a
period of about three year softer this i vvas sold lo oil
Jasim bim Muhammad Dausri of Dammam-IIasi a- whom I served
for a period of about tern years.
Fimaiag it impossoble for me to serve my master amy
Ion er om accoumt of his cruelty amd maltreatmemt I
mamaged to escape from him whem he came to Bahreim im
a jolly boat amd brought me with him.
1 have mow come to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for a mamumissiom
certificate so that I may live a free mam.
Before me this Zo day of October 1931.
I*diaa ^ssistai-t to the
Political Agemt.Bahrei*.

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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).

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1 file (195 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically.

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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.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION' [‎174r] (351/396), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1367, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024004047.0x000096> [accessed 3 January 2025]

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