ملف ١٣/ ٢ II "أنشطة تجار الرقيق في منطقة مسقط" [و‎‎١‎٣] (١٤٢/٢٥)

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MRS. PAUL'HARRISON
BAHRAIN
PERSIAN GUI
25 March ’42.
Major Alban,
Muscat, Oman
Dear Major Alban.-
Dr. Harrison and I were both very
disappointed to find you and Mrs. Alban gone when we
returned from Hassa early in February. But we wish
you a pleasant and satisfying service in old Muscat.
I know your friends there were glad to see you.
I had hoped to talk to you about
the Baluchi slaves we saw in Hassa and Riyadh. The
flow of them into Nejd seems pretty steady. In the
homes there was talk of them, and some of them (little
girls) were brought in for me to see (as if thev were
new toys). I was told in Hassa that thirty three of
them had been brought in in one batch
But the case I wanted most to talk
over with you was a Baluchi youth of eighteen or more,
i.'hr cook, Hassan, who is part Baluchi got acquainted
with him and brought him in to see me. I did not take
any interest in him till I heard his story.
He told me that he had once been a
driver for Ali Khan in Muscat, and that his aunt had
once been the wife of Ali Khan. This youth said he
was betrayed by some friend up in the Batina, perhaps