‘Linga Chief of. A slave belonging to- escapes to Muscat and being a native of India, his surrender to that Chief is refused by the Native Agent.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Linga Chief of. A slave belonging to- escapes to Muscat and being a native of India, his surrender to that Chief is refused by the Native Agent.’
- Date:
- 1845/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 3 August 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838.The item relates to a report by Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat, that an enslaved man named Yusoof [Yūsuf] from Hyderabad had fled from Shaik Said bin Guzeeb, Chief of Linga [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh]. Heskeal bin Yusoof’s report provides details of Yusoof’s backstory and how they came to meet.The item also contains correspondence from the Government of Bombay and Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, which confirms that, as a ‘native of India’, Yusoof should not be enslaved and is free to travel wherever he wishes as a free man. Hennell confirms that he has written a letter of remonstrance to Shaik Said bin Guzeeb.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 11’, ‘Collection N. 10 of N. 99’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 10’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 896, and terminates at f 903, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slavery
Shaikh of Lingah, Āl Qāsimī tribe - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100121536827.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100121536827.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2157/103848
IOR/F/4/2157/103848