'File 11/3 Vol. II Applications for manumission - REPATRIATION'
Date:
1930/1931
Description:
Abstract: The file mostly contains applications for manumission certificates granted by the British Residency in the Persian Gulf. The file also contains correspondence about the inheritance of a deceased manumitted slave (folios 2-7) in which both the former master who freed him, and his widow claim his inheritance, and correspondence on the rescue of a young Persian slave by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Emir of Qatar (folios 37-43).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, starting and ending on the covers. The numbering starts with 1, 1a, and then carries on until 196, which is the last number given on the back cover.