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'File 4/10 Condition of Divers in Kuwait' [16r] (31/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (16 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1934-9 Mar 1947. 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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CONFIDENTIAL
No•236-S
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
,
BAHRAIN,
the 20th February 1947.
I forv, r 8rd herewith an extract from a
letter I have received from Tandy.
2. Please see correspondence ending with
Prior's demi-official letter to Fowle No.C/SO/8/3
dated 13th July 1931. I should be grateful for your
comments.
3. In view of the facts (a) that divers can
mostly obtain other employment and (b) with the
probable expansion of the Japanese cultured pearl
industry the Gulf pearl may soon be unable to find
a profitable market, it is perhaps no longer necessary
to discourage the use of modern diving equipment by
local Arabs (but not of course by foreigners). It
is arguable that they ought to be .allov/ed to make
what they can ou* of the lacal pearl while there is a
market left.
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(SGD.) Vv.R.HAY.
Lieut.-Colonel A.C. Galloway, CIE., QBE.,
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.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Baghdad and Kuwait concerning the conditions of Kuwaiti pearl divers. The correspondence is related to a proposal for Kuwaitis to be employed as boat pilots on the Shatt al-Arab waterway that was made by the British Embassy in Baghdad in October 1934 (folios 2-14).
The file also contains two unrelated pieces of correspondence concerning an idea to allow the use of modern pearl diving equipment by 'local Arabs' that was suggested by 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, in February 1947 (folios 15-17).
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- 1 file (16 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 18; 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 3-17; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/191
- Title
- 'File 4/10 Condition of Divers in Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 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