'File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat'

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British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Data provider:
Qatar National Library
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Title:
'File A/2 V Correspondence regarding slaves who apply for Manumission at Muscat'
Date:
1940/1942
Description:
Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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 A previous foliation sequence between ff 303-348, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Language:
English
Type:
Archival file
Type (Narrower):
Other Texts
Type (Broader):
Text
Subject:
Slave emancipation
Slave trade
Rights:
المُلكية العامة
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00023a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00023a_en
IOR/R/15/2/1835
IOR/R/15/2/1835
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