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'File No. E/7 V. O. Correspondence regarding the Diving Court.' [41r] (81/90)
The record is made up of 1 file (43 folios). It was created in 16 Nov 1927-15 Jun 1935. 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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The diving Law in Qatar and Oman is not exactly the same
as in Bahrain. For instance the Qatar people uo not a.dmit the
law of , MAGHTUR , (engaging a diver without knowing that he has
a previous nakhuda) which is enforced in Bahrain and I know
that the* Oman people also do not admit it. Shaikh ’Abdullah
bin Qasim ath-Thani of Qa.tar &ad, on various occasions, told
the P.A. that he would not admit such a claim as he thought
that it was unjust to hold av\innocent person liable for a debt
due from a diver who did not disclose the fact to the Nakhuda.
I remejber that in certain cases which took place about five
years ago the Kuler of Qatar had written to P.a. protesting
about such law being enforced in Bahrain against his subjects
and said that unless it was proved that the Qatar Nahhuda had
intentionally engaged the diver notwithstanding that he had a
previous nakhuda he was not prepared to hold the Qatari
Nakhuda liable for the debt due to tne previous Nakhuda.
ifi the Majlis has passed the above proposal we may get
a v/ritten request from the Bahrain Government to write to the
Shaikhs mentioned above a.nd would be able to see what the
Bahrain Government think about the Majlis’ proposal.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of memoranda, letters and petitions regarding Diving Court matters in Bahrain. Among the raised issues was the suggestion of setting up a Diving Court in Manama where it would be in closer touch with other courts. Letters were sent by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to influential merchants and nakhudas (ship captains) asking them if they could sit in the court during diving cases. Also, because the diving law in Qatar and Oman was not exactly the same as the law in Bahrain, there was some discussion as to whether the cases concerning Bahrain subjects who went to Qatar and Oman for diving should be treated the same as those cases relating to divers from Qatar and Oman who had come to Bahrain. This was brought to the attention of the Ruler of Qatar for advice.
The main correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Ruler of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani.
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- 1 file (43 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 39-44 are file notes.
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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 45; 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 4-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1902
- Title
- 'File No. E/7 V. O. Correspondence regarding the Diving Court.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 9r:12v, 15r:15v, 18r:21v, 23r:23v, 25r:27v, 29r:29v, 31r:31v, 37r:44v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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