'File No. E/22 Claim of Muhammad bin Abdulla bin Hasan al Bu A'yeneh of Askar, Bahrain.'

IOR/R/15/2/1914

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The record is made up of 1 file (36 folios). It was created in 12 Apr 1921-9 Jun 1947. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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The file contains correspondence in the form of a petition and some memoranda regarding a case of land registration. The petition was raised by a Saudi Arabian resident in Bahrain called Muhammad bin Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Bu ‘Ayenen to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. The petitioner was asking for the recovery of the title deed of some land he purchased in the past at 'Askar.

After investigation, the Land Department, in agreement with the Ruler of Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), agreed that only the cultivated piece of land at 'Askar was the property of the petitioner, and that the rest of the land should be taken into the possession of the Government and defined as Government wasteland.

The main correspondence is between Muhammad bin Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Bu ‘Ayenen, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .

The file’s core correspondence covers the period 1940 to 1947. However, the earlier start date given for the file is a result of an attached translation of the aforementioned land’s sale deed (f 10), itself dated 3 Shaban 1339/ 12 April 1921.

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1 file (36 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 32- 37 are file notes.

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 38; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-37; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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Archival file

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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.
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IOR/R/15/2/1914
Former external reference(s)
Vernacular Office Files: E/22

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12 Apr 1921-9 Jun 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

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