Coll 30/184 'Bahrein: Council of Regency during Sheikh's absence from Bahrein.'

Content

The file concerns arrangements for the administration of Bahrain in the absence of the Ruler, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah].

Correspondence from Charles Darymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 1936, sets out the arrangements for the administration of the state during the absence in Europe of the Ruler and Belgrave himself. The arrangements cover the police, finances, the creation of a council consisting of two family members, correspondence, health, land, and related matters.

Further correspondence sets out the composition of a Council of Regency in 1938 and 1939.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (19 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; 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.

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/L/PS/12/3922

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/184

History of this record

Date(s)

26 May 1936-17 Aug 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

RegencyAdministration

People & organisations

King of BahrainGovernment of Bahrain, Āl Khalīfa dynasty

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Coll 30/184 'Bahrein: Council of Regency during Sheikh's absence from Bahrein.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3922, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001ec> [accessed 14 May 2024]

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