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'File 19/175 Bahrain - Pearling' [29r] (56/83)
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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propooed shoulbj guide #»if- Cam-tB. The first on this list v/as
that Tisqara should be free "but that Sallaf should be limited oy
the orders of the Bahrein Government. Shaikh iibdullan at Shaiich
Hajuad' s request came to discuss these articles witn me. He agreed
with me that there was no differentiation between Tisqam and
Salxaf. I asked Shaiich Abdullah to tell Shaijch Hamad to proceed
with the fixing of the amounts of Tisqam, setting if he liked a
maximum below which the UaJthoda and his crew would be at liberty
to come to an agreement, but 1 said that something should be
done as the crew and their families had to live and they relied
on Tisqam for maintenance.
Shaikh Hamad appears to have conferred witn the merchants
and^then went off hawking.
Three or four days ago Belgrave informed me that the Tisqam
had been fixed at Rs.SO/- for divers and Rs.60/- for pullers,
and that these amounts were considered by the divers to be very
low. I informed Belgrave that 1 also considered them too low.
The next move was that on Thursday 30th December about ^00
divers marched out to Sukhair where Shaikh Hamad was hawking to
asK him to increase the amount of the Tisqam. Shaijcn Hamad
appears to have promised to give the matter consideration, and
fixed the divers up with some sort of accommodation for the night.
Yesterday nothing happened. This morning being Lew fear
day Shaikh Esa, who has also been out hawking for the past week,
came in to call on me bringing a large number of his family
including Shaikh Hamad, ^fter the departure of Shaiich Esa for
Vuharraq, Shaikhsjllamad and Abdullah, who had seen him off, returned
to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and told me about the visit of the divers to
Sukhair and asked me if I thought the Tisqam was too low. I said
that the divers and their families relied on the Tisqam for
maintenance and to pay past debts and that it was certainly too
low. They then agreed to raise it to ris.100/- and 80/), being
the same as last year and also to arrange, in the case of men,
the whole of whose money went to repay past debts, that the
merchants should advance them rice until the Sallaf. They said
that before giving this out to the divers they wished to inform
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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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