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‘File 5/201 Manumission of slaves and rules relating to cases arising out of the pearling industry’ [11r] (28/50)
The record is made up of 1 volume (21 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 1918-1 Nov 1918. 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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Bule
3. Restrictions on the freedom of an indebted sailor
to work with whom he pleases.
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4. Creditors cannot prevent an indebted sailor from
proceeding to work.
Rule 5. Chief of town to diange for proportionate pay
ment to his creditors by indebted sailors.
Provided that a sailor is free from debt, he is his own
master at the end of a diving season and is free to go
where he likes.
But (1) the receipt of " tisqam " by a sailor during the
off season binds him to serve with the Nakhuda
who paid it to him 'during the coming season,
subject to Rule 9.
(2) Once his accounts have been made up at the com
mencement of a diving season, and a " barwah"
signed, he is bound to proceed to work on the
terms agreed on, and cannot leave his employ
er.
Nakhuda A has a claim against sailor B, who also owes
money to other persons C c, not Nakhudas.
When the pearling season comes on C c cannot detain B
unless they pay A's claim, which has priority.
If in the above case B has many creditors, the Chief of
the town should take a portion of B's income and
make a"proportionate distribution of it to his credit
ors.
Note. —A sailor's income consists practically of the
" salaf " and " khatm " 1 he receives from
his Nakhuda, both of which, or a proportion of
which, can be taken by the Chief.
Bahrain Note :■—•
" If the sailor has been paid " tisqam " they cannot
stop him from going. "
Kuwait Note:—
" Nakhuda A will guarantee that C c will eventually
be paid at the end of the season from the sailor's
earnings if such an agreement has previously been
made. "
Kuwait Note :—
" No such custom exists in Kuwait and it would be
considered " ultra vires" were the Shaikh to
attempt it. "
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Khatm " = balance of wages duo to a sailor at the end of the season.
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The volume comprises two printed documents. The first is guidelines for the manumission of slaves, printed by the British Government’s Foreign Office Press, and issued to 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. at Bushire. Part one of the guidelines is for the Persian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It outlines the authorities (treaties) for manumission, grounds for manumission, and the procedures for manumission. The second part of the guidelines deals with the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Bahrain, Muscat and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are dealt with separately.
The second printed document in the file is a set of guidelines for dealing with the various scenarios in which economic disputes might arise between captains, divers and merchants in the pearling industry in the Gulf. The guidelines are for use by British agents and representatives in Bahrain, Kuwait, Bandar-e Lengeh and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The emphasis in the rules is on the honouring of debts as a means to ensuring the financial stability of the pearling industry, and sets out the obligations of divers to their captains, duties of captains to their divers, captains to other captains regarding loans, and captains to their debtors.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (21 folios)
- Arrangement
Two separate printed reports with their own pagination systems, bound together into one file. No chronology.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The two printed reports that comprise the volume each have their own internal pagination systems.
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- Title
- ‘File 5/201 Manumission of slaves and rules relating to cases arising out of the pearling industry’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:21v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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