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IOR/R/15/2/1826
- Record Id:
- 040-000230177
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000231
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080752906.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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 Resident in Bushire. Other applications involve Trucial Coast slaves applying for manumission at the Political Agency at Muscat. These applications were sent by the Muscat Agency to the Political Residency at Bushire, from where they were forwarded to the Political Agency at Bahrain for enquiries to be made at Sharjah.
Aside from the manumission applications, the file also includes printed copies of the Proclamation of the Slave Trade Act (1873), distributed annually around the British offices of the Persian Gulf (folios 30-32, 215-217), and an Arabic copy of the Saudi Government's 1936 regulations regarding the slave trade (folio 178, with an English translation on folios 180-184).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000230174
040-000230177 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980 : Bahrain Agency, Vernacular Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1826 : File A/2 II Slave Trade. Correspondence with Bushire regarding slaves and their manumission certificates and applications - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0009]/037-000230174[0003]/040-000230177
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (349 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000231
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English
Gujarati
Kanarese
Marathi - Scripts:
- Arabic
Devanagari
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 20 Dec 1934-27 Sep 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 303-348, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Vernacular Office Files: A/2 II
- Arrangement:
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Correspondence in the file has been arranged in a rough chronological order, from the earliest at the front of the file to the latest at the end. This chronological ordering means that correspondence relating to specific manumission applications is scattered through the file, rather than grouped together by application. There are office notes at the end of the file (folios 310-347), whose arrangement mirrors the chronological order of the file correspondence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)