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'File 10/6 Pearl diving and pearl trade: Correspondence re:' [‎20r] (39/44)

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The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1929-18 Apr 1935. It was written in English. 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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accounts are aupsrvlatju by Govermtient diTln^/, clerics,
Intereot ia by ■.Qorermnmt order.
Th i recruits wera onliated a. ^©w days before the
ditlag began aM many of them had received Teaquan
a
advance, the aakbudas protested to bli© Bahrain Govern
ment aaici i v { ! for the return of the divers who had talc en
their advances. The Bahrain Govermaont decided that it
waa reasonable and fair to refund to the nakiiudas the
Taaquam which they had actually and recently advanced to
the mn. This was dona ana a statement showing the sua
returned to the aakhudaa is attached.
Tills amount should be recovered from the levies by
monthly deductions of fi$. 5/- per month during tea months
of tee year, no deductions are mada during Ramadhan and
Shawal.
Apart from the Tesquaa, which the Govarnaant has
refunded in cash to the naichudaa, most of the divers are
indebted to the nakhudas on account of back advances.
These debts have to be repaid by the divara as long as
they fail to dive for the nakhudaa to whoithey are indebted.
The debts vary in amount. A list of the awn and amounts
is attached.
It is the practice of the Bahrain Govemmant to
deduct from all employees, State Police, Special Police,
Hatura etc., and enployaes in the Bai-rain j-atrcleum Company
fis. 5/- per fiioath if ther are divers indebted to nakhudas.
H
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Many of those
pay off their debts in a short tjjre and
in some cases the Government is able to persuade the nakhu
das to reduce the debt on the condition that the lis. 5/- is
collected and paid monthly to the nakhuda.
It therefore results in all diver recruits having to

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The file contains a paper entitled 'Vocabulary of diving terms', giving a list of terms for types of divers and persons related to diving, and descriptions of four diving systems; notes on advances and payments; notes on accounts; list of general terms relating to diving; miscellaneous notes on diving; correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire (Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett), and the American Consul in Baghdad, dated 1929, in which the Resident strongly advises the Consul against an American firm sending a pearl fishing ship to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , stating that the pearl fisheries had been conducted from time immemorial by the inhabitants of the Gulf coasts, and any interference by outsiders would be strenuously resisted and attended with considerable risk; press cuttings, 1934-1935; and note on levy recruits' diving debts.

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1 file (22 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The foliation system in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. There is a second, uncircled, foliation sequence by which some of the folios are numbered (with gaps) 1-8, 18-19, 35-37, and 78-79 (folios 2-21).

Condition: Folio 21 is torn at one corner and some text is missing.

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