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‘File 5/201 Manumission of slaves and rules relating to cases arising out of the pearling industry’ [‎12v] (31/50)

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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RULES REGARDING OBLIGATIONS OF NAKHtJDAS TOWARDS EACH OTHER IN THE MATTER OF SAILLORS' DIVING DEBTS.
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Rule 9. Engagement by Nakhudas of indebted sailors ;
responsibility for their debts. See, also Rule
10.
Nakhuda A wishes to or has engaged sailor B ; NaJchuda
C already has a diving claim against B.
A cannot engage B unless lie arranges with C to pay up
B's debts either at once or by instalments, and C
agrees.
A. engages B without informing C. B is not provided with
a " harwah " from C.
A must surrender B, and B is bound to dive with C.
A has failed to inform C, or to pay up C's claim; B in
consequence has been drawing advances from A and C.
(1) If B finally goes to A, A must pay up C's claim against
B.
(2) If B finally stays with C, C is not under obligation
to repay A's advance to B, if it was made without
his knowledge, and A must make his own arrange
ment with B to get paid his claim, but without dis
turbing C's diving arrangements.
Bahrain Note :—
" B must have a ' barwah ' and that if B has no debt,
he should have a ' barwah khalawi
Bahrain Note :—
" (a) It must be proved that A was aware that B was
previously indebted to C ".
" (6) After B has cleared his debt to C he must
work for A and also clear that debt ".
" (c) C should not make fresh advances to B without
A's knowledge
Kuwait Note :—
" B takes two advances, one from Nakhuda A and one
from Nakhuda C, and neither Nakhuda is aware
of B's fraud.
" On discovery of the fraud either Nakhuda may
retain B by paying up the other's claim on
B. If however a ' barwah' has been issued
which B did not produce, the Nakhuda who
issued the ' barwah ' takes sailor B and pays
up the other Nakhuda's claim on him .
" B takes several such advances from several Nakhudas
A a fraudulently being already indebted to C
" On discovery C takes back B without paying any of
the claims of Aa, who should have been more
careful in engaging B. Aa can make their own
arrangements with B, but without disturbing
C's diving arrangements

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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.

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1 volume (21 folios)
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Two separate printed reports with their own pagination systems, bound together into one file. No chronology.

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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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English in Latin script
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