Yazar
an agent.
in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire
Residency
An office of the East India Company and
Basım Tarihi
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Basım Yeri
The British Government introduced various reforms into Bahrain's pearling industry throughout the 1920s, including the use of
barwas
. A
barwa
was a certificate given to a diver if it was decided by the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, late -
Tür
Belge
Dil
İngilizce
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
343
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/2/1825
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000282.0x000230
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
18 Jan 1932-27 Sep 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
The file contains correspondence related to around sixty cases, involving slaves who have applied for manumission at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain. Copies of correspondence relating to many of these cases can also be found in the following Bushire
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.
files: 'File 5/161 IV Manumission of slaves at Bahrain: individual cases' (IOR/R/15/1/205), 'File 5/161 V Manumission of slaves at Bahrain: individual cases' (IOR/R/15/1/206), and 'File 5/168 V Manumission of slaves on Arab Coast: individual cases' (IOR/R/15/1/209).
Many of the items in the file relate to the financial difficulties caused by Gulf's dwindling pearling industry, and the effects this had on the status of region's slaves. The file includes numerous applications made by pearl divers for
barwa
– documents freeing them of their contractual obligations to their
nākhud
ā
(boat captain). Copies of
barwas
are included throughout the file. Other correspondence (folios 98-99) raises the issue of pearl divers with debts fleeing from the pearling towns on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
to Bahrain.