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'File 19/176 III (C 51) Bahrain Finances' [91r] (195/687)
The record is made up of 1 volume (344 folios). It was created in 29 Dec 1932-6 May 1934. 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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Pearl industry.
Hamad's acceBsion celebrations they end various other
prisoners were pardoned and liberated.
Bahrain diving laws vis-n-vif s other fin If
Considerable feeling exists at present on the pert of
the Bahrain diving coiamunity over the unequal conditions
applied to Bahrain nakhudaa and foreign nakhudas.
According to the Bahrain diving laws if a nokhuda
employs a diver who actually belongs to sme other
nakhuda, even for a few days during the season, the new
nakhuda automatically becomes responsible to the original
nakhuda for the whole debt of the diver who he has
employed, unless the diver has a "barwa" from his
original nakhuda releasing him for the season. It is
customary to issue these "barwas" . In some cases the
nakhuda writes on the "barwa" that the diver is free to
dive for the season, in other cases he is released on
roba ! ' or"tilth" , by which method the nakhuda employing
the diver is bound to deduct l/ith or l/3rd of the diver's
earnings and pay it to the original nakhuda.
ihis system is well established in Bahrain and works
very effectively.
'■hen a Bahrain diver however runs away from his
nakhuda and dives with a nakhuda in Oman, or Kuwait or
elsewhere, without a "barwa" the Bahrain nakhuda finds
that he has no redress. If he follows his diver to
Onan and sues he nakhuda who has employed him, the most
that he can hope for is that the diver will be made to
return to him. In Oman and Kuwait end other Gulf States
the Rulers and Courts now declare that as times are so bad
they cannot possibly make their nakhudas responsible for
the whole debt of a diver who they may have illegally
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This file contains detailed correspondence regarding Bahrain's finances from between 1932 and 1934 including revenue and expenditure figures. The correspondence also discusses state control of artesian wells, customs/tariff matters, budget estimates, auditing details, counterfeit coins and other financial issues.
On folios 80-155 and folios 246-320 are two annual reports (completed by Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's adviser, Charles Belgrave) for the hijri calender years 1351 (1932/3 CE) and 1352 (1933/4 CE) respectively. The reports contain a detailed assesment of Bahrain's finances, services and other related issues including the pearl diving industry, the police force and agriculture.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (344 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
An index of the topics contained in the file is contained on folio 1B. The index uses page numbers that relate to the complete foliation sequence that is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.
There appear to be three incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The first three sequences appear to reflect sequences assigned to files within the volume. The complete foliation sequence begins on the first folio with the number 1A. This is followed by 1B and then by two blank folios, which do not have numbers. The sequence resumes on 1C and continues through to 205, after which number the sequence jumps to number 214. This may be a foliating error, although another possibility is that folios with confidential information have been removed. The sequence continues from 214 through to 341 - the number given to the spine, which has been removed and placed in melinex. Letters are used elsewhere in the sequence: 3A and 3B; 141A and 141B; and 166A, 166B, 166C, which are housed in an envelope (166D) that is attached to folio 166D.
The complete foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/1/352
- Title
- 'File 19/176 III (C 51) Bahrain Finances'
- Pages
- 2r:2v, 3ar, 3av, 3br, 3bv, 4r:4v, 16r:19v, 22r:25v, 32r:35v, 38r:42v, 44r:44v, 50r:60v, 80r:140v, 141ar, 141av, 141br, 141bv, 152r:155v, 167r:169v, 198r:205v, 214r:215v, 223r:228v, 241r:241v, 246r:320r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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