File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT' [‎107r] (224/266)

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Statement of Siiambeh bin Shahdn^ -r^ i v. *
resident of Mat rah recorded on theStoBhulni jah
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latif siLr^ny^arr 10 ! °LfAbdul-
for him and he used to send ^ Abroad p h and ghee
in the month of Shab-n r™ 6 a ^ r ^ ad# . Recently in
25th Shawa 1 1361 Twd tLt DjasJc -
Muscat subjects have arrived in BjLf and 11 ^ 0 ," 6 ”
were kidnapped by one of Mirza bin Bartot* ^er^nl
who tooK them from Batinah and handed them over to ’
his master Mirza bin Bariat who was intending to '
them, as soon as I came to toow that I sent^five
men to Mirza asking him to return these men to Muscat
but received no reply from him. Then I wrote him a
^ uiL^ thla m } ter ' After eaa °tly one monto one
of Mirzc s servants came to me bringing with him the
three persons referred to above and saying that by
the order of their Master I should keep these men
with me and send them to Muscat as soon as there was
a boat available, then I asked the servants as tlT
l t0 ° tne ?f 111611 he re P lied that some of the
Baluchis were m the habit of kidnapping people from
^ " gh*# side and taking them to Suwaiq to be bought by
Shaikh Hilal bin Hamad. For this reason we took these
men. then I wised to return to Muscat, the Governor
of Djask did not allow me to take these men unless
I gave him a surity on the ground that I would obtain
a certificate for him from the Muscat Government to
the effect that these men have arrived.