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41. IOR/R/15/2/1840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1840
Title:
File A/2 (4 II) Slavery: cases reported by British Agency, Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and papers related to 115 manumission applications, made by slaves to the Residency Agent at Sharjah between 1947 and 1950. The manumission applications have been grouped together into thirteen cases, meaning that batches of manumission statements (in English an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1947-6 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (260 folios)

42. IOR/R/15/2/1841

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)

43. IOR/R/15/2/1843

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)

44. IOR/R/15/2/1848

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1848
Title:
File A/10 Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and papers relating to fourteen separate slave trading incidents reported on the Trucial Coast by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). The incidents include an owner's attempt to sell his servant's daughter into slavery, and the trafficking of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-12 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (459 folios)

45. IOR/R/15/2/1849

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1849
Title:
File A/10 II Trading in slaves on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers, sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to thirty-three manumission applications and six applications for the restoration of enslaved relatives, heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi). Each of the manumission c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1941-18 Nov 1943
Extent:
1 file (201 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/2/1850

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1850
Title:
File A/10 Slavery. Slave cases of the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains thirty-eight manumission cases, dealing with over one-hundred manumission applications or requests from individuals for help in the retrieval of enslaved relatives. All of the cases (with the exception of one occurring in Bahrain, folio 439) were heard by the Political Officer ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1941-13 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (442 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/2/1851

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1851
Title:
File A/11 I Slave cases Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains twelve cases of slavery or applications for manumission, heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah. While the final three cases in the file (involving nine slaves) are straightforward manumission applications, other cases are more complex, and involve larger amounts of correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1936-12 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (362 folios)

48. IOR/R/15/2/1852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1852
Title:
File A/11 II Slave cases Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file comprises eighteen manumission application cases numbered 13 to 30, cases 1 to 12 being contained in the Bahrain Agency file 'File A/11 I Slave cases Trucial Coast' (IOR/R/15/2/1851). The files contain a total of sixty-nine individual manumission applications (as well as one woman’s app...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1937-12 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (369 folios)

49. IOR/R/15/2/1853

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1853
Title:
File A/11 IV Slave cases Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of twenty-six manumission application cases numbered 31 to 56, cases 13 to 30 being contained in the Bahrain Agency file 'File A/11 II Slave cases Trucial Coast' (IOR/R/15/2/1852). The file contains a total of eighty-nine individual manumission applications, made to the Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1938-6 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (375 folios)

50. IOR/R/15/2/1854

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1854
Title:
File A/11 V Slave cases Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of twenty-four manumission application cases numbered 58 to 80, and is a continuation of the Bahrain Agency file 'File A/11 IV Slave cases Trucial Coast' (IOR/R/15/2/1853). The file contains a total of ninety-three individual manumission applications, made to the Residency ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1939-3 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)