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Coll 30/69 'Bahrain: Pearling Riots in.' [‎27r] (53/161)

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The record is made up of 1 file (79 folios). It was created in 25 Jan 1932-15 Aug 1934. 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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P.Z.1081/33. ‘
Draft Paper.
political Department.
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The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
Sir,
2 7 MAR 1933
COPY SENT BY AIR MAIL
"ENCLOSURE IN WtEKl"
NO. .13 MAR - W3i
FROM SECRETARY, POUlio l
gECRET DEPT. 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.
COPY SENT TO
^n reply to your letter of
tl^ 24th February, No.E.777/55/91,
I am directed by the Secretary of
i
State for India to say that a full
account of the pearl-fishing riots
which took place in Bahrein last
May is given in the Political
Resident’s despatch No.354-S dated
4th June 1932, of which copies were
! sent to the Foreign Office under
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. letter No.P.Z.4030/32
of 18th July. A copy of subsequent
Parliamentary Questions and Answers
on the same subject is now enclosed.
As will be seen, the account of the
occurrence given in the enclosure
to the letter from the Anti-Slavery
and Aborigines Protection Society
gives a wholly distorted picture of
the incidents in question. ' x he
references in the article to the
history of British relations with
Bahrein and of the Persian claim to
that island, as well "as the
statement as to the position of the
Sheikh, particularly in relation to
the Financial Adviser, who is in
fact a servant of the Sheikh, are
also, as Sir J. Simon will have
observed/
U01
5000 11.32

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The file concerns demonstrations by pearl divers in Bahrain in 1932, in the course of which two people were killed. The disturbances arose following the issue of a proclamation by the Government of Bahrain announcing changes in inheritance law. However, the file states that the basic cause of the 'riots' was economic: a protest against the smallness of diving advances. The papers record the British view of the causes of the disturbances and their circumstances; the role of Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the response to the events of the British Government; and comments in the German press.

The papers include a letter from 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. , Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , giving a detailed account of events (folios 65-79); papers concerning Belgrave's reaction to a Parliamentary question by the Labour MP David Grenfell about the events, and Belgrave's role in them (folios 40-51); and correspondence between the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, the Foreign Office, and other British officials concerning an article in the German press entitled 'Swan Song of the Pearl Divers' by Hans Joachim von Bassewitz, which was highly critical of British handling of the incident (folios 4-38).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (79 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 81; 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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