'File 5/15 Ahmad bin Lahej and Abdul Wahab Zaiyani'

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This file contains correspondence between Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, British 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; Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor, British 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; the Foreign Department, Government of India; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah.

These correspondence concern the deportation of ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Zayānī and Aḥamad bin Laḥaj from Bahrain to Bombay on account of their intrigues against Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah. This file includes details of their intrigues and connections with Hāfiẓ Wahbah (also known as Mulla Hafidh) and other prominent Bahraini deportees residing in Bombay, including ‘Alī bin Khālid; their deportation on board the R.I.M.S. Lawrence and R.I.M.S. Vasna via Basra and Bushire; and detention in Bombay, including a court petition and hotel expenses at the Shah Jahan Palace Hotel.

Extent and format

1 file (67 folios)

Arrangement

This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 67, ending on the inside of the back cover.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/15/2/107

Former external reference(s)

Confidential File: 5/15

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Nov 1923-26 May 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

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People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyPolitical Agent, BahrainḤāfiẓ WahbahAḥamad bin Laḥaj'Abd al-Wahhāb al-Zayānī'Alī bin KhālidShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah

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