'14/7 (XVIII) and (XX) Arab Coast. Miscellaneous' [27r] (53/124)
The record is made up of 1 volume (61 folios). It was created in 21 Jun 1933-29 Aug 1942. 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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21.
2* T&ifi ib not the first tiM that diyars
t'roia t utar ami otiier atates have Qom settled
in iXihrain and there is a regular prooedure in
Bahrain and in other diring state# for suoh oases
as these, as on this point the diving law in all
# »
tiie aiving statM is the mom . If a uiTer, with-
*
out a "barua froa his original nakhuda, diyes
with ^ an ■< n^ituaa, tliti new iia^iiuda ^ecoiaws res
ponsible for the total debt of the aiv@r to his
old nakhucia* If the diver obtains regular eaploy*
laent asiiore, during the civiag season, he is res*
ponsiole for paying ♦ , fasl-al-l>arr ,, to his original
nakhttda, but aeoorain^ to divisig lev and custom
the original nakhuda has not the ri^ht to olaim
thtt of the diver who zaay have gone to another
country unless he is a slave diver* This condition
however would not be in iishrain m l 1
have no reason to suppose that any of the people
i.< ^ slavws.
3« In the pe . .. v .
to Bahrain the ^uler of v atar has sent the uiver's
nakhuda or a representative to *jahrain with a letter
stating who he is and the nakhuda has produced his
diving book showing proof of the diver 9 s debt# If
the uiver has been diving with a Bahrain nakhuda
without s "barua" the dethrais has paid the
diver's debt to the atar nakhuda. The saw pro*
cedure has been effective in cases of iiahrain divers
who have gone to ,atar anu similar oases in L@an
ana iLuwait^
I suggest that now or si end of the
season *ihaikh Abdullah bin Jaiiia should send Jdad-*
one
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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain, and Sharjah.
Topics include:
- The visit of Lady Willingdon to Sharjah.
- A raid by Manasir tribe and murder of the Amir of Khan village.
- Diving on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and measures to improve the living conditions of the divers. Includes translation of letters from Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum, ruler of Dubai to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent, Sharjah; and from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to 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. , Bahrain.
- The building of a fort by the Sheikh of Sharjah.
- A pilgrimage to Mecca by Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh of Qatar (1940).
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- 1 volume (61 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. There are file notes at the back of the file explaining how the file is arranged.
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Foliation: This consists of pencil numbers, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and concludes on the last folio before the back cover.
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- IOR/R/15/1/240
- Title
- '14/7 (XVIII) and (XX) Arab Coast. Miscellaneous'
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- 26r:28v
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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