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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [‎2v] (4/83)

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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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Qazi has the right to call upon the nakhuda to produce his accounts for the
information of the Court, and that any nakhuda refusing to produce his
.accouDt will be non-suited and the case given against him, that is to say, the
diver will be held not to be induebted to the nakhuda and will receive a clear
"barwah" from the Joint Court, which will see that divers with such
barwahs are not debarred from getting employment.
Rouf-h specimen forms of accounts are attached. They are possibly
quite unsuitable but might be modified to suit the circumstances and the
business. The main thing is to have an intelligible form of accounts and to
insist on the Nakhudas keeping their accounts up in it and producing them
when called upon to do so by a Court.
Please consult Shaikh Hamad and the Qazi and other experienced per
sons and see whether something of this sort cannot be done forthwith in time
for the coming Pearling Season.
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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.

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1 volume (41 folios)
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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
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