"ملف أ/ ٢ II تجارة الرقيق. مراسلات مع بوشهر بخصوص الرقيق وشهادات إعتاقهم وطلباتهم" [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٠] (٦٨٥/٥٢٤)

translation of a letter no.520 dated 27th Uay 1937 from
the Residency Agent Sharjah, to the Political Agent Bahrain.
After Compliments.
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./ith reference to your memorandum No. 194 dated 24th
M ay 1937, I beg to state that Ilaryam bint S a lim did not refer
at all to this H e sidency Agency as alleged by her and all
her statement and that of Abdur Rahman whom she alleges to
be her brother are unfounded.
2. Discreet enquiries nade by me in this case show that
Fatimah bought Maryam about 20 years ago from a certain
person called Dowar who imported her from 3 a tinah, for a
sum of Rs. 1450/- and got her married to her slave Musa.
She gave birth to a male and a female child both of whom
died and mi carried a male one. A s %ryam was a depraved
person she was divorced by I^sa and remained without a
husband. She was not living in Fatimah bint 3 a id house.
One and hlaf years ago when Abdullah bin Behzad was proceeding
to Lingah in the boat of her il a khuda I^hanoad bin Faraj
Shanasi he left a box on the pier as a result of taxing
his kits hurriedly which was picked up by Ismail slave of
Isma 1 al 3 a qali and Salman slave of Jasin al Baqali. V/hen
he arrived at Lingah he found the box missing. He wrote to
one of his friends called 3 a iih to report the matter to the
-hler of Dubai. After thorough investigations they found
the money concealed in the house of the slave woman Laryam.
«t her mistress intewaned the ftiler of Dubai forgave her ’
while he punished Ismail and S a inan by imprisoning them,
in itamadhan last a dispute arose between H a ii um slave woman
of Kumaid bin K h alfan al B aSt i and her master Fatimah's
bus and. She left the hut built for her at Qabai by S a id
bin Humaid. Haryam went without any permission from Said
step child of her mistress Fatimah and occupied it. S a id
went and ordered her to go out but she reused and abused
^ USlng ^ ^ ' Kh — te). Upon this he beat I