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'File 19/116 IX (C 65) Bahrain Miscellaneous'

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The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1933-6 Sep 1935. 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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D.0.No:C/206-l(a)/8. Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain,the 18th June 1933.
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Gastrell f « arrival to take over charge as Political
Agent,Bahrain,will give rise to a question which should "be
settled "before he comes. He will "be the first 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.
to take over since the death of the late Shaikh and,as you
know,for many years Shaikh 'Isa was too feeble to pay or return
calls.
2. The practice of recent years has "been that Shaikh
Hemad (as Deputy Ruler) has called first on the 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 that call a time was arranged for the 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. to call
on Shaikh ♦Isa in Muharraq,and also to return Shaikh Hamad's
call.
3. My records are incomplete,but Shaikh T Isa (as Ruler)
called on the 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. first on the occasion of
Mr.Mungavin taking over from me in 1918 and on the occasion of
Ife.jor Daly's taking over charge in 1921. I cannot trace when
Shaikh 'Isa's health necessitated his ceasing to pay calls.
4. I am inclined to think that the time may have come to
introduce the principle of the in-coming 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. calling
first on the Shaikh,as it is in our interests to emphasise his
status as an independent Ruler. He has now eleven guns as a
personal salute,and it seems anomalous for a Ruler to pay the
first call on an officer accredited to him. Moreover,the
conditions in the past were rather different from those of the
present dsy. In Qatar the Politice,! Agent pays the first call
on the Shaikh, I should,however,"before making a definite
recommendation, like to know what happens at Musca,t and Kuwait.
I have

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Content: This file contains items related to a number of topics spanning the period between 1933 and 1935. The file includes - in the following order - an account of the election of the Shia Waqf Committee in Bahrain, a discussion regarding the arrival of Everard Gastell as the new 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 the appropriate protocol for his arrival, letters concerning the work of Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in Bahrain's court and a proposal to put him in charge of the court while Charles Belgrave (advisor to Shaikh Hamad) is away in England, a letter that mentions a deterioation in Sunni-Shia relations in Bahrain in 1934 and a letter in 1935 concerning the the provision of funds for the construction of the Indian Assistant's Court in Bahrain.
Extent and format: 1 file (22 folios)
Arrangement: File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. A index is contained on folio 2 but the topics listed do not match the content of the file.
Physical characteristics: Unbound, loose pages in a folder. The file's first foliation sequence begins at the first item of correspondence, on number 10 and ends on number 130, the last folio of writing. However, many numbers in between 1 and 130 have been missed out. This sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner. The second foliation sequence, which is complete and should be used for referencing, begins on the front cover of the file, on number 1, and runs through to number 22, ending on the last folio of writing. This sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner.
Written in: English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/329
Title: 'File 19/116 IX (C 65) Bahrain Miscellaneous'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:19v, 21r:22v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence