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‘File 5/201 Manumission of slaves and rules relating to cases arising out of the pearling industry’ [16r] (38/50)
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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§ Eule 20. Recovery of advances, creditor having moved to
0 another town of his own free will.
Rule 21. Recovery of advances, creditor having been ex
pelled by Chief.
A advances money to NaJchuda B who goes to the pearl
fishery. B is unable to pay his debt. A meanwhile
goes to another town of his own free will.
A must either advance more money to B to enable the
latter to continue business or he may arrange with
him to pay his claim by instalments.
A cannot recover the whole claims at once by seizing B's
boats, etc.; on the other hand B remains responsible
for his debts and must pay A eventually with the in
tervention if necessary of the Salifah.
A advances money to NaJchuda B who goes to the pearl
fishery and is unable to pay, A is meanwhile expelled
by the Chief of the town.
A mPjy, if he likes, make further advances to B or may
recover his claim by instalments, but he cannot seize
B's boats, etc. (Shargah apparently holds that he can).
The claim remains valid and must be settled eventually.
A's proper course is to appoint an Agent on his behalf to
appear in the Salifah Court; he should also make a
protest to the Chief of the Town in order to obtain a
settlement of B's claims if possible before he (A)
leaves the town.
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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)
- 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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- ‘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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