Ashraph Meah Khan

Eloped with Rasheedan and left for Trinidad from India. The ship he boarded was called the Arno (Year 1901).

Arno (ship)

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The Arno , was a 1,825 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 270.7 feet, breadth of 39 feet and depth of 22.5 feet. She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow for the Nourse Line, named after the Arno River in central Italy which flows past Florence and Pisa to the Mediterranean Sea, and launched on 19 January 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

Destination Date of Arrival Number of Passengers Deaths During Voyage

Fiji 23 July 1900 627 n/a

Trinidad 15 March 1901 656 9

Fiji 4 September 1903 634 n/a

Fiji 3 May 1904 631 n/a

Trinidad 24 November 1906 627 15

In 1896 she was grounded at West Hartlepool, inward bound under tow from Bremen.

The Arno was sold to Norwegian owners in 1910. On 10 October 1913 she left Fredrikstad for Pernambuco and went missing.

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Unfortunately there are no existing photographs of him

Specifics from the "National Archives" in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Compliments<nowiki>------</nowiki> Mrs Lazina Khan Ramdat

From the village of BASHANI, under the thana (police station) of BIRPUR, in the district of GONDA, state of UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, a young couple embarked on a voyage of a lifetime.

The man was 30 year old ASHRAPH, whose father was JANU and brother NABIBUX (Nabee Baksh). His wife was 25 year old RASHIDAN, whose father was WAZIR.

HASRAT KHAN was not listed as her brother but his depot,sub-depot and ship numbers were very close to Rashidan"s and Ashraph's. They were also all of the Muslim caste of PATHAN. 24 year old Hasrat however was from the village BINWAL, under the thana BILARIA,in AZAMGARH district of UTTAR PRADESH. His father was PIRAI and his brother WALI MOHAMED.

On 15 November,1900, Ashraph, Rashidan and Hasrat were at the sub depot of GORAKHPUR, where they consented to emigrate.They were then taken to the bustling city of CALCUTTA where they boarded the " ARNO" on the

10th December 1900 as it set sail for TRINIDAD.

Read more on the event--(Marriage of Ashraph and Rasheedan Khan)

                                        From :  Zamina Suliman (Tootsie)