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with the deportation from Gwadur of fugitive Rind slaves and that no demand
on this account has to be made upon the Sultan of Maskat. Arrangements
were to be made by the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, that the Wali of
Gwadur should not allow anv liability to arise in regard to the detention of slaves ;
as the B l. S. N. steamers called twice a fortnight at Gwadur, there would be
no difficulty for the prompt deportation of any of the slaves. The charges
that might be incurred were to be met by
Estimate aot to «c=e*I R(. IOo per innon.
Political Agent, Southern Baluchistan,
from his allotment for contingencies (Foreign Department letter to the Resi­
dent, No. 1157-E., dated 9th July 1897).
104. The Rinds complained in June 1895 that there had been along deten­ I
tion of their slaves at Gwadur. This com­ |
Secret E., October <895, Nos. 337*253.
plaint, it appears, had no foundation except
as to slaves who had settled in Gwadur, as far back as 30 to 100 years ago.
There were children of these settlers. Most of these were sent to Karachi, but
some remained and also some of those that had been sent away returned. These
the Rinds claimed to take away, unless ransom was paid for them. A few paid
ransoms and freed themselves from bondage, while others seeing the Rinds'
attitude proceeded to Karachi at the suggestion of the native assistant at
Gwadur.
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