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'File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast' [23r] (45/108)
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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On the 25th October 1954 in my presence Muhammad al Mani T
of Qatar sold ten pearls for Rs.15,000/- to Sir Phillip Sassoon,
'.ho took the pearls with him to London, promising to send me a
draft for the amount.
telegram dated 2nd Novembe r 1^34 fro:. S r Pn.ii p Sassoon.
I have seen the Adviser and have decided to cable Sir Phillip
Sassoon and ask him to have all the ten pearls drilled and tested
and to cable the result, ^f they are cultured they are to be
returned together with the report by experts in London by air mall
I have written to Muhammad al Mania asking him to delay his
departure from Bahrain till after the arrival of the east bound
airmail due on tne 7th November 1934 on the pretext that his
signature is necessary on the draft from Sir Phillip Sassoon.
The Adviser has undertaken to try to find out if Khalil Bakir
has sold any pearls especially to Muhammad al ^ani» in Qatar this
year as it is possible that kiuhammad al Mani T did not know that
tciese pearls were cultured. Reference Case No:398 of 1933 against
Khalil Bakir for sale of cultured pearls.
3-11-1934.
xeiegran. dated 3rd November a34 to ^,r P: Li
etter dated trie 3rd November 1934 to ^unaim ad ai an
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (52 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/346
- Title
- 'File 9/5 Traffic in cultured pearls on Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 16r:18v, 22r:28v, 32r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence