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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1829
Title:: File [3A] Slavery: cases of Qatar slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence related to twenty manumission applications made by slaves from Qatar, taken down by staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Many of the cases in the file feature only the slave's manumission statement, with little else in the way of correspondence. In the firs...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 18 Dec 1943-14 Sep 1946
Extent:: 1 file (66 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1833
Title:: File A/2 IV [3 II] Slavery: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The volume contains correspondence related to over forty manumission requests heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The cases involve slaves that had escaped from the towns of the Trucial Coast, notably Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ra's al-Khaymah. Enclosed with most cases is the slave's statement,...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 29 Apr 1946-20 Sep 1948
Extent:: 1 file (239 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1835
Title:: File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence relating to forty-one manumission cases, heard at the Muscat Political Agency. All of the cases included in the file are straightforward in nature. Most of the cases include manumission statements taken down from the slave at the Muscat Agency, which were sent to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 9 Jan 1940-30 Dec 1942
Extent:: 1 file (342 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1836
Title:: File A/2 VI Correspondence regarding slaves applying for manumission at Muscat
Scope & Content:: The correspondence and other papers included in the file comprise two distinct parts. There is a significant chronological jump from the first part of the file relating to manumission cases, dated 1943, and the second part of the file, containing correspondence dated 1951. 1) Seven cases relat...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1943-5 Feb 1951
Extent:: 1 file (77 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1837
Title:: Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and other papers (including slaves' statements) related to manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 16 May 1944-3 Apr 1946
Extent:: 1 file (41 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1839
Title:: File A/2 (4A II) Slavery: cases received from Muscat for investigation
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence related to two manumission cases originating with the Political Agency in Muscat. Case number 1 is a straightforward case (folios 6-12) involving a male slave who has absconded to Muscat, and includes a copy of the manumission statement sent by the Muscat Agency t...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Dec 1946-24 Apr 1947
Extent:: 1 file (31 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1841
Title:: File A/3 Miscellaneous correspondence with Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and papers relating to a number of miscellaneous slave matters, brought to the attention of, or communicated from, the Political Agency in Bahrain, including the following: an incident involving a Persian [Iranian] man, who had previously been convicted of selling...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 29 Dec 1934-13 Jun 1949
Extent:: 1 file (48 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1842
Title:: File A/3 J Miscellaneous proclamations issued by Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:: The file contains printed copies (all in Arabic, most with English translations) of public notices issued by the Government of Bahrain between July 1943 and October 1945. Most of the notices are signed by the British Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave. The notices ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 14 Jul 1943-20 Oct 1945
Extent:: 1 file (55 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1843
Title:: File A/4 Rules governing manumission of slaves
Scope & Content:: The file is comprised of extracts of correspondence and official notices, all referring to the manumission of slaves in the Persian Gulf. The contents of the file appear to have been compiled by staff at the Bahrain Political Agency over a number of years for reference purposes on how to deal wi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 22 May 1926-12 Apr 1950
Extent:: 1 file (32 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1845
Title:: File A/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Muhammerah
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence relating to two separate matters, one dating from 1932 and the other from 1940. The first matter relates to a financial claim being made by an Indian tailor residing in Bahrain, against an Anglo-Persian [Anglo-Iranian] Oil Company employee from Abadan in Persia [I...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Persian
Date Range:: 18 Aug 1932-10 Feb 1940
Extent:: 1 file (24 folios)

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