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IOR/R/15/2/848
- Record Id:
- 040-000229151
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00011f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025657936.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/848
- Title:
- File 35/3 The Divers' Riot of May 1932
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials related to unrest that took place in Bahrain in May 1932 and involved a number of the country's pearl divers. A detailed account of the protests written by Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain, Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior is enclosed between folios 4-10.
The file contains a transcript of an exchange regarding the protests that took place between Member of Parliament, David Grenfell and Sir Samuel Hoare, the Secretary of State for India in the House of Commons on November 28 1932 (ff 26-27).
Also enclosed is a letter to the Foreign Office from Travers Buxton of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society regarding an article that a Berlin newspaper had published regarding the protests that was critical of the police's conduct and Britain's role in Bahrain more broadly (f 30). A translation of the article - entitled 'Swan Song on the Pearl Divers' and written by H J Von Bassewitz is contained between folios 31-37.
A note on Bahrain's pearl divers written by Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain is contained between folios 40-41.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000229148
040-000229151 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/846-852 : File 35: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/848 : File 35/3 The Divers' Riot of May 1932 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0040]/038-000229148[0003]/040-000229151
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (52 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00011f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 26 May 1932-28 Aug 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-50; these numbers are also written in ink and pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 35/3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)