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File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [17r] (38/200)
The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1933-27 Jul 1933. 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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Pearl industry.
-4-
10
From this it will be seen that in 1929 the import of
pearls during the three months was worth almost 32
million dollars but the import during the same three
months of 1932 was only 162 thousand dollars.
Selaf and Te s qam advances . The amount of the Selaf
for the last season was decided as usual by a meeting of
merchants and nakhudas at Rs 30/- for a diver and Rs 25/-
for a puller. On Thursday 26th Hay which was the
official day for the opening of the season, a serious
riot took place in which tv/o divers were killed and
several were wounded by shots fired by the naturs.
At the time of the ocurrence I suggested that 1 should
furnish a full report on the matter but I was told that it
was not v/anted so I did not send one. Should a report
on the diving industry be required I have the material
available and should be pleased to write fully, or
briefly, on the subject showing the changes and improve
ments which have been effected since the introduction of
the Diving Reforms. The subject is one which interests
me particularly and I should be glad to furnish any
information about it.
The Tesqam was fixed for the same amount as the Selaf
at a similar meeting and it was decided that the next
Selaf should also be decided upon and the amount should
be announced in the same iilaan that proclaimed theTesqam.
This suggestion was adopted and it was proclaimed that
the Selaf was to be the same sum as last year.
The divers who were the ringleaders of the riot and
who were among the foremost of the men who broke into
the Police station prison were sentenced to various terms
of hard labour, but on the occasion of H. S. Shaikh Hamad’s
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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.
The report was submitted by Belgrave to 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, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forwarded it to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire. The correspondence relating to this process is included in the volume.
The report itself (folios 8-83), submitted in June 1933, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Revenue and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial; Land Registrations; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharraq Municipality; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Audit; Imperial Airways; Press Propaganda; Counterfeit Coins; Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Bahrain Electric Supply; Customs; General; Miscellaneous.
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- 1 volume (96 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 12-83; these numbers are also written in ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/308
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- File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351
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- 6r:83v, 87r:89v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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