"ملف أ/ ٢ I تجارة الرقيق. مراسلات مع بوشهر بخصوص الرقيق وشهادات إعتاقهم وطلباتهم" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٣] (٦٨٦/٢٩١)

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Dial bin Salaan ttaa born in "anaibar about
1893. He cannot remember the /ear when he v/as stol :n
from Zanaibar.
He was brought from Zanaibar by a Sur slave
traier in a Ihow carrying about 40 or 59 other slaves
consisting of boys, women an3 girls. He has no ilea
how long the voyage took as he was confine! to the toll
luring the passage. At Sur he was lanlel, taken into
the interior, an! thence to Ras-ai-Xhaimah, where he
was soil to one Salem bin All', a pearl merchant .'/ho
employe! him a a liver luring the pearling season an!
tt other times as a garlener.
After twelve years with Salem bin Ali he
was soil for 380 rupees to one Sail bin Hamel, another
pearl merchant, of Ras-al-KhuMah, ./ho employe 1 him
as a liver luring the living season ani as a fisherman
at other times.
Two years later Sail bin Hamel lie!, anl Blal
bin Salman remainel employe! by the .Ife of Sail bin
Hamel for another 18 years. Aocorling to Blal bin
Salman»s statement, the wife of Sail bin Hamel repiirel
money anl soli him to Sultan bin Salem, the Sheikh of
Ras-al-Khaimah.
Blal bin Salman dil not a_r reciate being
employe! by the Sheikh of Ras-al-Khaiaah anl apparently
misbehave! himself in some way for which he was im
prisoned anl kept in irons.
At the beginning of the pearling season this
year he expressed his willingness to work for the
Sheikh anl was sent out with the pearling fleet. The
ihow in which he was employe 1 visited Debai anl there
he took the opportunity to escape anl sailel in a
Persian itow for Salek.
At Salek he was letainel by the Italir of
Customs, who lemanlel 50 krans. but having no money
he was detained in prison for four lays anl then
allowed to leave Salek. He toll the lAilir of Customs
at Salek that he wanted to cp to Hendam so that he
could go on boarl a British warship.
Prom Salek he embarked in a Persian dhow for
Arab Henpiam where he lanlel at night, meeting no Persian
officials, anl stayed with an ex Ras-al-Khaimah slave
for ten lays awaiting the arrival of British v/arshi s.
When asked why he lid not come on boarl
previously,, he replied that he was waiting for the
ship of aohamel bin Salem (the interpreter of H.:’.S.
"SIIO REHAM".
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