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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980

1. IOR/R/15/2/1824

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1824
Title:
File A 1/J I Correspondence of the Adviser
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers and correspondence sent between the Political Agency and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) between 1935 and 1945, relating to civil and criminal court cases in Bahrain. The cases raised include property theft (folios 26-29), disputes o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1935-31 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1825

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1825
Title:
File A/2 I Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the Agency in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire Residency files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (343 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1826

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1826
Title:
File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file is correspondence relating to about forty-eight manumission applications, most of which were made at the Political Agency at Bahrain. Some applications are made with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, and forwarded to the Agency at Bahrain for submission to the Political Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kanarese, and Marathi
Date Range:
20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (349 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1827

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1827
Title:
File A/2 III Correspondence regarding slaves and their manumission certificates
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to slavery, received by or sent from the Political Agency in Bahrain. The majority of the papers in the file are related to manumission applications (over fifty in total), made by slaves in Bahrain or Muscat. In most instances, the slaves...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1937-3 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1828

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1828
Title:
File A/2 IV Correspondence regarding slaves and their manumission certificates
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers related to individual manumission cases heard by the Political Agency at Muscat. The Agency at Muscat sent details of each case, including copies of the slaves' manumission statements, to the Bahrain Agency (eg. folios 1B, 2). In turn, in those cases w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1939-14 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1829

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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1830
Title:
File A/2 II [3/A II] Slavery: cases of Qatar slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning Qatar slaves seeking manumission in Bahrain. In total there are five cases included in the file where the slave in question seeks manumission from the Political Agency in Bahrain. In one case, the manumission statement is made by the husband of a femal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1946-22 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1831

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1831
Title:
File A/2 V Slavery: cases reported by Political Officer, Qatar
Scope & Content:
The majority of the papers in the file are correspondence between the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Doha, and concern manumission applications from slaves. Most of the manumission applications are made by men who were captured and sold into slavery. There is one case of a born (domestic) sla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1950-29 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1832

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1832
Title:
File [3] Slavery: cases of Trucial Coast slaves reported at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to nearly forty manumission applications heard at the Bahrain Political Agency. Of these applications, thirty-six involve new manumission applications, while another two are requests for replacement manumission certificates that have been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1944-10 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (117 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1833

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)