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The Fatel Razack (Fath Al Razack , Victory of Allah the Provider, Arabic: قتح الرزاق) was the first ship to bring indentured labourers from India to Trinidad. The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing several languages of Asia and Africa such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and The ship was built in Aprenade for a trader named Ibrahim Bin Yussef, an Indian Muslim merchant in Bombay. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial It was constructed from teak and had a carrying capacity of 415 tons[1]. Teak ( Tectona) is a genus of tropical Hardwood Trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia When the British decided they were going to bring Indians to Trinidad in 1845, most of the traditional British ship owners did not wish to be involved. The confusion as to the proper name possibly stems from the name 'Futtle Razak' which was on the ship's manifest.

The ship was originally named Cecrops, but upon delivery it was renamed to Fath Al Razack. The ship left Calcutta on February 16, 1845 and landed in the Gulf of Paria on May 30, 1845 with 227 immigrants. The Gulf of Paria ( Golfo de Paria in Spanish) is a 7800 km 2 (3000 square mile) shallow inland sea between the island of

References

  1. ^ 90 Days of Horror: The voyage of the Fatel Razack to Trinidad in 1845. Indo-Caribbean Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes



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