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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [27r] (52/83)
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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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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-Jate tne 1st January iy<i7,
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Please refer to your
dated the 23rd December last.
liiLre is no ouestion ol altering tne rules regarding
the rate of interest» These seem to be regarded with favour
by all persons whose opinions are worth considering.
Shaikh Hamad's proclamation to which you refer by no
means covers all the diving rules which as a metter of fact
are matters of custom rather than rules, and as such to be
found in no proclamations either of Shaiicn Hamad or his pre-
utcessors. The matters of custom have never been coded ana
one gradually oictcs up bits ol information about them as one
goes along. ,
^ think the best account of the diving system will be
found in ijaly f s 0,0. 53/9/5 dated the 20th February 1926 to
your address. He had toearly 5 years experience behind him when
he wrote this letter. Please turn to page 4 of this letter
and read 1 rom the words "The State is at present mining at
the gradual elimination of the system whereby the divers are
kept permanently in debt". This will shov; you why the system
of limiting Tisqam was started.
Last year the rate of Tis( A am was Rs.100/- for the diver
and Rs.80/- for the puller. This year Shaikh Hamad delayed
1ixing the Tisqam and on my asking the reason he told me that
the delay was due to the absence of Belgrave, whom he wished
to consult. Belgrave triea diving cases.
Just before the return of Belgrave the Nakhodas
petitioned Shaikh Hamad for certain reforms in the divin^ rules,
ohaikh Hamad sent their petition to me and also gave me a list
of 22 persons connected with the diving industry, and asked if
I would like to consult them, as I told him frankly that I had
tried no diving cases and did not consider* myself ^competent
adviser on the customary laws relating to diving. Finally 1
selected 5 Arabs and after going through the KaJtiiodas T petition
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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