'File 4/7 Bahrain State - Education of younger members of the Al Khalifah'

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This file contains correspondence regarding the education of two members of the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain; Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa [Khalīfah bin Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa [‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah].

The correspondence regarding Shaikh Khalifa - which forms the majority of the file - concerns his police and military training with the Bombay Police Force and Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners respectively. It is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Hugh Weightman, 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. in Bahrain; and officials in the Bombay Police Force. The file also contains a letter in English from Shaikh Khalifa to Hugh Weightman (ff 180-182).

The correspondence regarding Shaikh Abdullah concerns him being sent to Oxford to study and live at a private institution operated there by Colonel Gordon Browne. This correspondence is between Charles Belgrave and Hugh Weightman.

The file also contains more general correspondence about suitable educational destinations for young members of the Al Khalifa family, Mayo College in India and Aden are both discussed as possible destinations. The file contains an illustrated Mayo College prospectus from 1936 (ff 27-47) and a British Government report regarding the establishment of an educational college in Aden (ff 15-21).

Extent and format

1 file (220 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 49-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/200

Former British Library reference

Confidential Files: 4/7

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Feb 1936-7 Aug 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military trainingEducationPolice

People & organisations

Bombay Engineer GroupMumbai PoliceMayo College, AjmerShaikh 'Abdullāh bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahShaikh Shaikh Khalīfah bin Muḥammad bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah

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