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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [26r] (50/83)
The record is made up of 1 volume (41 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1924-30 Jul 1936. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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such a treatise,but pressure of othsr werk ha. made it impoasitl- to
^lojuce it. [ i laj.i; en v:.« adviser has taken over some of ths
vork J now deal with ( I shall he able to ^et on with it.
I have tone into the questien of a Salifeh Court thoroughly
a«d iun convinced that at this Juncture,it would be impossible to
find anyone capable of doing the work. (I refer to the work as it is
-i; the transition stagejduring which abuses are being eliminated
i past accounts straightened out) & that if we could patch up some
thing ,the improvements effected would be doomed,^ great labour
wasted. In two years I estimate the new system will be in full swing
& then any court / ' iJalif eh' or otherwise ; would be able to deal with
the situation. Then however,when the abuses have been checked, &
accounts are on a simple basis,& large debts practically non-exist-
—ant,you will not find anybody wanting a •Salifeh' court. Han. of the
enHghtened I.-khudas already say this - a 'Salifeh' is no use te
them unless run on the old ( unjust lines,
jjl - petition xiresented just before my return was an effort
or the die-hards among the old type of Nakhuda ,& its unreason
ableness is patent. It sunounts to a demand fertile divers to be com
pletely under their control & for them to be able to imprison *
punish at will. This being so'^it mky be assumed that the desire
for a ' Salifeh' court is not for a reformed 1 Salifeh;werking or.
"■■ e ' U "* s -P rohi l =iting abusea-but for the old 'Salifeh', which
means no court at all. Many of the Kakhuda. have told me that the
petition was regarded by them as a j-et ( * they knew that it was
deemed to failure,*; dissociated themselves from it,
I fepoligise for the length of this letter ,bnt I have endeavoured
to show as concisely as is possible.how the situation stands,*
that the demand for a 'Salifeh' court is not genuine,* by no means
insistent,that its creation at this stage would completely jeopar
dise the reforms in the pearling which are,without doubt,the most
important part of the whole reforms sohome * which will have a
laEtmg t:desirable effect on the whole State.ef Bahrain
Vours cincfrelv
Ca Pt • 2. Stuart-Horner . Secretary t
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.o the Political Kesident.Busnir
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This file contains correspondence related to the pearling industry of Bahrain and the reforms of the industry that were enacted by the British during the 1920s.
The correspondence discusses the status of the industry prior to the reforms, the nature of the relationship between the ship captains (Nakudas) and the pearl divers and the impact of the reforms - especially their positive impact on the condition of the divers.
An example of a Nakuda's general account is included on folio 16.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (41 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 42, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/349
- Title
- 'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 15v:19r, 20v:37v, 39v:41v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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