‘File 5/168 V Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of correspondence related to twenty-four manumission or other slave-related cases, received by the Political Residency from the Political Agents at Bahrain, Sharjah and Muscat. The majority of the cases are of a straightforward nature. The Political Residency received the...
File 5/168 VI Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to 26 manumission cases, received by the Bushire Political Residency from the Political Agents on the Arab Coast. The majority of cases originate from the Native Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi), who sends his correspondence via the Political Agent in Bahrain. The...
File 5/168 VII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains in excess of 120 manumission statements, taken down by the Residency Agent ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi) at Sharjah between July 1938 and June 1939. Correspondence accompanying the statements sent by al-Razzaq includes details of the appearance of slaves as an indication of possibl...
‘File 5/187 I – Proclamation prohibiting slave trade’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, ...
‘File 5/190 II Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-seven manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. During the period covered by the file, seven different individuals held the post of Political Agent at Muscat. Most of the cases are straightforward affairs, in which the Muscat ...
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
File 5/190 IV Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to thirty-eight manumission cases, heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. All cases involve slaves who had absconded from the Trucial Coast, or slavery related incidents on the Trucial Coast. All cases were therefore referred to the Residency Agent a...
File 5/190 V Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. The majority of the manumission cases featured in the volume are straightforward, with correspondence following a regular pattern. The Political Agent at Muscat (Major Watts for most ca...
File 5/191 Kidnapping of Baluchis and Indians on the Mekran Coast and exporting them for sale at Oman and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between various British Government officials in the Persian Gulf, who were responding to a perceived increase in the trade of slaves across the Gulf of Oman, from the Baluchistan coast to the Batinah and Trucial coasts on the Arabian Peninsula. A significant pr...
The volume contains correspondence related to individual cases of the enslavement and trade of Baluchis from the Makran coast and Karachi, to the Trucial and Oman Coast, and in particular to Dubai. The correspondence is predominantly between Government representatives in Karachi/Sind, the Persia...
