03611nam 2200577 a 450 991046308660332120200520144314.00-86372-440-X0-86372-439-6(CKB)2670000000368778(EBL)1764231(SSID)ssj0001185054(PQKBManifestationID)11639856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001185054(PQKBWorkID)11198678(PQKB)10762475(MiAaPQ)EBC1764231(Au-PeEL)EBL1764231(CaPaEBR)ebr10714596(CaONFJC)MIL642531(OCoLC)887507285(EXLCZ)99267000000036877820130606d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSlavery and manumission[electronic resource] British policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the first half of the 20th century /Jerzy ZdanowskiReading, U.K. Ithaca Press20131 online resource (509 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-11280-0 0-86372-438-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Glossary; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Slavery in Arabian Societies at the Turn of the 20th Century; Slaves in the Hijaz; Slave Presence on the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf; The Trade in Slaves; Bodyguards, Servants and Divers; Female Slaves; Chapter 2 British Manumission and its Impact on the System of Slavery; Islamic Manumission; Three Silent Factors of Domestic Slavery; British Anti-Slavery Politics in the Hijaz and in the Persian Gulf; The Manumission Movement in the Persian Gulf in the 1920's and '30'sReliability of the Slaves' Stories Agitation Against the British Manumission; Chapter 3 The Red Sea: The Problem of Abyssinia and Relations with Ibn Saud; Abyssinia: The Unsolved Problem; Regulations in the Sudan and the Report of Major Diggle; The Slavery Convention of 1926; The Prevention of the Traffic in Slaves in the Red Sea; The Right to Manumit and Relations with Ibn Saud; Chapter 4 The Persian Gulf: The Problem of Makran and Relations with Persia; The Arab Rulers and the Recovery of Slaves; The Difficulties in Makran; Importation from IndiaThe Right to Manumit and Relations with Persia Conclusion Slavery, Manumission and Politics; Appendix The List of Slaves Manumitted at British Agencies in the Persian Gulf between 1909 and 1949; Bibliography; IndexI am a free-born woman, and not a slave of anyone'' , Manuy bint Khalfan, Speaking to a British Agency in Sharjah on 24th October 1938. Manuy bint Khalfan was a female slave who was sold and mortgaged several times before she finally escaped from her master. This book is dedicated to her memory, and to the memory of all the other slaves who have had the will to escape. Many books have been written about slavery, but what makes this one unique is that it presents the problem of slavery using the statements and life stories of individual slaves. Manumission procedures applied in the Persian GulfSlaveryHistoryElectronic books.SlaveryHistory.306.36209Zdanowski Jerzy885950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463086603321Slavery and manumission2172301UNINA