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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/199-234 Subject Indentured labour Level [40] File

1. IOR/R/15/1/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/204
Title:
‘File 5/161 III Manumission of slaves at Bahrain: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to forty-four manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The correspondence within each case follows a similar pattern. In each case the Agency (then under the charge of Major Clive Daly) sent a covering letter to the Resident, which s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1924-14 Dec 1929
Extent:

One volume (293 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/208
Title:
‘File 5/168 IV Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to thirty-five slave-related cases or subjects, the majority of which deal with straightforward procedures of manumission. In these cases, the Residency Agent at Sharjah (‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif) wrote to the Political Resident at Bushire, enclosing a st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1925-18 Mar 1931
Extent:

1 volume (469 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/212
Title:
File 5/168 VIII Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to in excess of 100 manumission requests heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The manumission statements were sent to the Political Resident for reference purposes only, all decisions on manumission cases in Sharjah now bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1939-13 Dec 1940
Extent:

1 volume (203 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/216
Title:
‘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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1921-11 May 1929
Extent:

1 volume (523 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/219
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-29 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (453 folios)