FO 1016/185
Slavery in Persian Gulf states, 1952
This file contains correspondence relating to:
A list of 29 slaves, including their place of origin, who were issued manumission certificates in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1951
A list of nine unsettled manumission cases, including the names of the complainant and accused slaver
The Political Agencies' assessment of domestic slavery on the Trucial Coast, Kuwait and Bahrain
A statement by Mubarak Bin Obaid on behalf of his stepson Sawayah Bin Khamis who was kidnapped aged 14 (by Harashish Al Mansouri, Weld al Haram Al Amri, and Ali Yawaihi Al Amri) near Umm Al Quwain and a sworn depositi
