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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [21r] (40/83)
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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JD.O. J>3
The r'oliticiil A^tncy
Baiirain.
Ac .TT >
] S U^Hii^u RES^g^NCV- t
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Reg. No.
'V.?#
OONFlOEtiTlAL RtCOROS.
Please rel«r t» your D.O. No 457-a of I(i25.
I hav# not replied earlier because your letter was received while
ShaiJc ilamad was away^fc since he returned 1 i.ave had conversations
v .ita him^nd have discussed various points with others interested
in tlie natter,
/y-tf
I iiuve read with interest kailam f s letter 95 /9/5
^ I think he would agree,i we discussed tiie watteija little teiore
he left.tnit the practical difficulties in carrying out some of his
suggestions are insumountable. I cannot help thinking that fcallam
was a little bold in coming to conclusions about toe diving on the
strength of only siai months experience,4= handicapped as he was scius
by lack of time ZMmm. to study it^i by an insufficient knowledge of
arable to enable him always to get to the bottom of the inttiaaites
& ramifications of the subject.
Jus statement that the measures of reform introduced
included the abolition of the old Salifeh Court is an error. The
Saliieh Court had died a natural death a long time before the re
forms started. The <Court- had consisted of one very venal old man,
who received no salary for his duties^ depenued for his- livlihood
on subsidies paid him by the Kaichudas themselves. Prom my arrival
in January '21 till the introduction of reforms in 1924 I do not
\ recollect a single case in which a diver obtained redress in the
o-diieh court. In iac1,xa at that time,accounts when kept (generallv
t^ere were none) by Kakhudas,were so completely unintelligible that
even had the Salifeh Court been reasonably just-which was notorious
-ly not the case-it would have been incapaitle of arriving at any
decision. As a result of this state of affaire for a year or more 7
before the institution of reforms.divers who were protected ptr-
sons & whe appealed tol the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for redress,when informed that
the onl_v .nachinery J or dealipg with their cases was the 'Salifeh*,
invariably dropped their cases, as the result was a foregone con
clusion,,. the fact that they had complained^antagonised the Kakhud*.
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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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