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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [17v] (34/83)
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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hava corae before
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In view of Ma jo
tu iW^y ^
ffc^.
lor Daly^ imninent return to Bahrain, I am
not in a position to venture any detailed commente on neaBures
of reforn which have already "been instituted in the pearling
industry during his incumbency as
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.
. It may not
however be out of place for me to submit for your consideration
one or two points which have become apparent to me during my
experience of this years pearling season in Bahrain.
In regard to the abolition of the Salifah Court, I will
venture only to remark that my experience of the diving cases
with which I have had to deal is that the restitution of a
reformed kind of Salifah Court is a necessity, both from a
point of view of equity and also from the fact that public
opinion will sooner or later demand it.
I do not think that it is within the power of the ordinary
Court of Justice to deal fairly with some of the complicated
differences which arise between diver and nakhuda, &■£
nakhuda and nakhuda and nakhuda and Tajar, without the
assistance and adiice of a body of men who enjoy universal
respect in Bahrain, and wbo are well versed in local diving
custom.
If it v/ould be possible for H.M.Government to define the
main principles by which these men should be guided in their
decisions, and if the
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.
and Sheikh Hamad were
given all the powers of appeal and revision from those decisions
in cases of necessity, I do not think there would be any serious
danger of the old oppressions and malpractices creeping back
into the industry. At the same time much discontent among
l
the nakhudas and Tajars, who after all control the industry,
would be removed and the Salifah body would be in a position
to advise the Government in regard to further measures for
the smooth working of the industry.
The sale of pearls with the consent of 2/^rds of the crew,
though
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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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