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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/199-234 Place Trucial Coast, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/1/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/207
Title:
‘File 5/161 VI, 168 IX, 179 II Cases of slaves manumitted at Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Kuwait’
Scope & Content:
The volume is comprised of manumission requests made by slaves seeking refuge at the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Sharjah and Kuwait. Cases heard at Bahrain and Sharjah were covered by treaties signed between the British Government and coastal shaikhdoms, which meant that the assessment of man...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 May 1921-26 Nov 1943
Extent:

One volume (164 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/218
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1933-30 Nov 1935
Extent:

1 volume (301 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/221
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1921-29 Jul 1922
Extent:

1 volume (249 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/222
Title:
‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1922-17 Dec 1926
Extent:

1 volume (397 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/223
Title:
File 5/191 III Individual slavery cases
Scope & Content:
Twenty cases relating to individuals and small groups, kidnapped or transported from Baluchistan or India, to the Trucial Coast, in particular Dubai. Some of the cases are straightforward and involve the appearance or retrieval of slaves in the Dubai area, often initiated by the Sharjah Residenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1927-21 Jul 1929
Extent:

1 volume (435 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/224
Title:
File 5/191 IV Individual slavery cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to instances of slavery on the Trucial Coast. Of the eleven subjects contained in the volume, the first seven relate to the kidnapping and enslavement of individuals within the Trucial Coast and Oman area, frequently by tribes from the interior. Cases ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1929-3 Jul 1934
Extent:

1 volume (338 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/229
Title:
‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the first part of the volume relates to specific cases of the kidnapping of boys from Baluchistan/India to the Trucial Coast, and the efforts of the Political Resident and Political Agents to locate, retrieve and repatriate them. Reference is made to a court case in Karachi, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1927-3 Jan 1930
Extent:

1 volume (312 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/232
Title:
File 5/198 I Kidnapping on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to incidents of kidnapping in the Trucial Coast region. The correspondence for each incident was probably compiled at a later date, drawing together extracts from other Bushire subject files, in particular the Sharjah diary subject file (identified as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 May 1934-17 Mar 1939
Extent:

1 volume (299 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/233
Title:
'File 5/198 II, 199, 200 Kidnapping of persons on the Trucial Coast; purchase and export of slaves from the Trucial Coast; Saudi Government's regulations on the slave traffic'
Scope & Content:
The contents of subject file 5/198 II relate to four kidnapping and slave trade incidents that occurred on the Trucial Coast between 1938 and 1941. In one incident (folios 8-22), the boat of the suspected trader, used to transport slaves, had its rudder and sail removed by the Shaikh of Dubai's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)