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036-000228236 Subject Slave trade

1. IOR/R/15/2/601-604

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/601-604
Title:
File 20 Slavery: Slave Trade in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
These slavery files consist of confidential correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to the nature and extent of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf region. The files contain: reports and statistical data on the slave trade, gathered for the League of Nations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
4 files and volumes (1176 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1857
Title:
File A/13 Slave cases: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to over thirty manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The manumission statements for each slave are included in the file, along with related follow-up correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Agency and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1939-16 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1365-1367
Title:
File 11: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade subject files comprise: extracts of the 1873 Proclamation prohibiting the Slave Trade; reports and correspondence on freed slaves; applications for manumission certificates.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1926-1938
Extent:
3 files (266 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1856
Title:
File A/12 Arrest and capture of slaves
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to two slavery related incidents raised with the Political Agency in Bahrain. The first case (folios 1-22) involves two male ex-slaves who were apprehended by the Iranian police while travelling by boat to Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] to recover their belong...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1937-27 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1837

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)

9. 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)

10. 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)