"ملف أ/ ٢ II تجارة الرقيق. مراسلات مع بوشهر بخصوص الرقيق وشهادات إعتاقهم وطلباتهم" [و‎‎٨‎٩] (٦٨٥/١٧٧)

Statement of Marhumah "bint Saleh of Hudaidah, aged
27 years recorded 4t Sharjah on the 19th June 1936.
My name is Marhumah hint Saleh. I was horn in
Hudaideh and my age is 27 years. My father was killed in
a guar re 1 v/ith his cousin^ and I was at that time in my
mother T s womh. My mother, after that, married her cousin
hut I do not know his father T s name as I left my country
when I was small. I have no brother or sister except my
mother who lives in Hudaidah. At the age of ten I went
out with two girls named Ashur and Bakhutah, whose father f
name I do not recollect, for grazing sheep. Suddenly 5
hedouins fell on us. I do not know their names or the
name of the trihe to which they belonged. They kidnapped
us and took me to Jardan which is at& distance of half
iays journey on camel. They sold me to Muhammad whose
father T s name I do not know. After 15 days Muhammad sent
me to G-uera by land and sold me to Hussain bin Humaid. I
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remained with^for one year after which he sold me to
Muhammad bin Hasan who took me with two slave women to
Wadam. After a stay of five days there I was sent to
Dubai on the boat of Ali bin Muhammad and sold to Muhammad
bin Juma son of a carpenter living in Dera in Dubai. I
remained in his service for five years after which I was
married to Mubarak servant of Majed bin Ajil. After two
years my master got me divorced from him as he beat me.
Six months after this, I was given in marriage to Miftah
servant of Muhammad bin Ali of Dera in ^ubai. After a year
and a half my master got me divorced again . Six months
after the divorce I married Hubi servant of Rashid bin
Bashar* I was divorced again after six months in a state
of pregnancy. I have a daughter from him who is five
years old. Last year in the summer I married Mubarak tin
Salemin servant of Salem bin Musabbah. My husband gave
me Rs.30/- which he received as Salaf of G-haus from his
Nakhuda. My master Muhammad bin Juma took Rs.20/~ out