Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
52
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/346
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000189
Library Location
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.
Date
21 Sep 1933-7 Jan 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between 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 and the
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.
Agent at Sharjah. The correspondence refers to merchants mixing Japanese cultured pearls with real pearls in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, thereby damaging the reputation of the industry with the Bombay pearl dealers. Two of the merchants in question, from Qatar and Sharjah respectively, were jailed and fined and the pearls confiscated.
The file also contains copies of reports commissioned to an American malacologist, Clarence F Hoy, on the subject of cultured pearls.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 52-53. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential files: 9/5
