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IOR/R/15/2/1835
- Record Id:
- 040-000230186
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00023a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100080955459.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1835
- Title:
- File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence relating to forty-one manumission cases, heard at the Muscat Political Agency. All of the cases included in the file are straightforward in nature. Most of the cases include manumission statements taken down from the slave at the Muscat Agency, which were sent to the Political Agent in Bahrain for a decision. In those cases where the slave resided or was owned by a master based on the Trucial Coast, correspondence between Agency staff and the Residency Agent at Sharjah is included, which attempt to verify the slave's story. Correspondence from the Sharjah Agent was returned in Arabic with English translations. In most cases, the manumission statements were given by enslaved individuals seeking their own manumission. In eight of the cases in the file, manumission statements were given by persons seeking the restoration of family members.
- 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
040-000230186 - 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/15/2/1835 : File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0009]/037-000230174[0012]/040-000230186
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (342 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00023a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 9 Jan 1940-30 Dec 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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 V
- Arrangement:
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The correspondence in the file has been grouped together into individual manumission cases, starting with the earliest case at the front of the volume, and running to the latest at the end. Each of the cases has a page(s) of office notes at the end of their correspondence. In later (1942) cases, office notes are situated before the case correspondence. There is no index to the cases at the front of the file. Each case has a cover sheet with the case number and name of the slave or applicant involved.
- Administrative Context:
- From the mid-1930s, the Political Agency at Bahrain took greater responsibility in settling manumission cases heard at the agencies on the Arab Coast (Bahrian, Sharjah, Muscat). Cases that were straightforward in nature did not need to be forwarded to the Political Resident in Bushire for a final decision.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)