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'File 10/4 I Trade Reports' [235r] (480/1102)
The record is made up of 1 volume (547 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1926-27 Dec 1933. It was written in English. 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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The Pearl Industry Bahrain, Contd.
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most \iniversal. In this there are two methods,
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Madyan and Amil .
Madyan. (The Hakhuda of the boat is
financed by the land merchant who lends money,
at interest, for paying advances to the divers,
equipping the boat and purchasing provisions for
the season. The rate of interest has now been
laid down;
for the period of the off season
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and 10^ during the GH©es. The same rate of
interest which is charged by the merchant to the
Hakhuda is charged by the Hakhuda to the divers
and added to their debit account when they receive
their advances. The Hakhuda is not bound to
sell his pearls to the merchant who financed him.
Amil . The Kakhuda borrows from a land merchant
but instead of charging interest the merchant has ,
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a right to purchase the pearls at not -mor^-^han SOjS
less than the market value.
Throughout the whole system it is the land
merchants, the capitalists, who make the biggest
profits. In reality they are partly money lenders
but as money lending is forbidden by the QURAE some
of them advance bags of rice instead of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
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Trade Reports and related correspondence, Bahrain. The file includes trade reports, Bahrain, for the financial years 1924-25 to 1931-32, inclusive, with associated correspondence. The reports list twenty-five countries from which imports were received (notably India, Iraq, Arabia, and Persia) under the general headings of animals; animals for slaughter; building materials; cereals; dyeing and colouring materials; oils; pearls, shells and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous; and twelve countries to which exports were sent (notably India, Arabia, Persia, Iraq, Africa, England [United Kingdom], Belgium, Japan, and Java) under the general headings of building materials; cereals; fuel; oils; pearls, shells, and specie; provisions; textiles and fabrics; and miscellaneous. The file also includes a report on the Bahrain pearl industry by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, with covering letter to Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, dated 19 December 1928.
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- 1 volume (547 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the system in use appears in the top right corner of each folio, circled.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1344
- Title
- 'File 10/4 I Trade Reports'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:225v, 226v, 227v, 228v:293v, 294v:309v, 310ar, 310br:310bv, 311r:338v, 339ar, 339r:359v, 359ar:359av, 360r:362v, 363v:366v, 368v:370v, 373v:417v, 418v:462v, 463v:470v, 471v:524v, 525v:529v, 530v:531v, 535v:543v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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