"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٥‎١‎١] (١٢٦٢/١٠٢٨)

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In 19D4 Shai-birt-Sha'ban came to a violent and well-deserved end in cronse
quence of a quarrel with Mir Bark at, whom he had offended by transfer-
ring 1 his operations from Jashk to Sadaich, a step by which Bark at was
deprived of his former half-share in the proceeds of Shar's business. Shai ;
^ii having been decoyed to Jashk on a pretext of negotiations, was there trea
cherously attacked at night by the Mir's men and lost 12 of his followers
killed ; "he fled to Jagin, but was pursued thither by Barkat and slain
with 25 more of his men ; 27 others of his gang and the whole of his
j property next fell into the hands of the hardly less infamous Mir.
Shortly before his death Shai had sold 49 slaves at an average of $150
each, and it was said that the plunder taken by Barkat from his camp
W| was ^ worth $4,000. Of Shar's followers only 11 escaped, but these
were desperate men, and it was expected that they would afterwards give
trouble in the Jashk district; up to the present, however, though there
reyioust have been several scares, they have not succeeded in committing any out-
is lit rages. In 1904 there was also another smaller, but active, gang of nine
slave-dealers, established at Gabrig. About this time 'Ali Raza Khan,
the chief of Bashakard, with his sons Muhammad Khan and Alak, raided
Jagin Balad, a x^laceon the Jagin River about 45 miles north or north-east
of Jashk, and captured a number of women and children whom he exported
as slaves to Sohar in 'Oman. It was the purchase of some of these by
the JamaMar of Sohar which brought that functionary into trouble, as
already mentioned. Of 95 slaves manumitted at Masqat in 1904-05 no
less than 60 were Persians or Baluchis who had been exported from
Makranto the Batinah coast. In 1905 the export trade from Makran
had again apparently ceased.
Local history of the slave trade at Gwadar, 1873-1907.
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The course of events at Gwadar, a dependency in Makran of the
Sultanate of 'Oman, deserves a short separate notice.
By a clause in the Treaty of 187B the Sultan of^ Oman had bound 18 7 5-91.
himself to treat as free all persons entering his dominions after that date,
and the British Assistant Political Agent at Gwadar frequently insisted
on the liberation of slaves owned by the troublesome Rind tribe in the
vicinity, who had escaped from their masters and taken^ refuge at the
port. These manumissions, aided by other causes, occasioned, after 1875,
some difficulties with the Rinds, which are fully described in the history of
Gwadar, and by which the British telegraph establishment, as well as
the Sultan's government, were from time to time sufferers.
In May 1892 the Rinds demanded the surrender of 70 absconded 1892-94
slaves by the Gwadar authorities ; but it was refused, and, during the
winter of 1892-93, fugitives continued to arrive at Gwadar, where by May
1893 they had collected to the number of several hundreds. At this point,
in order to avert serious trouble, the refugees were persuaded to leave
Gwadar for British India, some of them being even provided with
the means of doing so by the British authorities. The situation, however,