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'File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast' [14r] (27/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946. 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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DAVID SASSOON &■ Co., Ltd.
Oncorporated in Ensland.)
Telegraphic Address •
“SASSOONS”
P. O. Box. 15
Karachi, 8th October 1934*
Lit* Jol. Gr« Loch,
British resident,
B i; H B B I N.
Lear air,
Afhen air Bhilip Sassoon, under secretary of state
for Air, who is a Director of this Company, arrived at
Bahrein on the 3rd instant on his way to India on hoard
an imperial Air-ways Liner the person responsible for
the issuing of the Pearling Licenses - Sheikh Abdulla
by name, we are told - showed Sir Philip some pearls.
Sir Philip did not consider that these were very good
but he is interested in the purchase of some really
good perils and has asked us to request you to be so
good as to arrange for this man to meet Bim on 25th inst.,
when he will be on board Imperial Air-*rays machine on
his homeward journey,with some really good pearls.
There are one or two firms in Karachi who deal in
pearls and we are arranging for them to be available on
Sir Philip's return here on 22nd instant should he
desire to see them and should it so happen that sir
Philip is able to obtain what he wants here we shall
take the liberty of wiring you so that you oan cancel
the arrangements
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The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the 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. at Bahrain and 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 at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with the Bombay pearl dealers. Two of the merchants in question, from Qatar and Sharjah respectively, were jailed and fined and the pearls confiscated.
The file also contains copies of reports commissioned to an American malacologist, Clarence F Hoy, on the subject of cultured pearls.
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- 1 file (52 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 52-53. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/2/346
- Title
- 'File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- 14r:15v, 19r:21v
- Author
- David Sassoon & Co. Ltd
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