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'File 4/9 (2/7) "AL BAHRAIN" NEWSPAPER' [‎8r] (15/42)

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The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 19 Dec 1942-21 Oct 1943. It was written in English. 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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My appeal for the establishment of a school is
not hard for anyone of you and Is nothing but a small matter
as any amount spent for this purpose, however big it may be,
is small compared with the importance of a project like this.
Ai e the people of Qatlf unable to contribute an amount suffi
cient for a school which will be of everlasting benefit to
them as long as history exists? I and whoever who had heard of
it have to thank the people of Bahrain who collected thousands
(of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ) lor their poor during the time I was there. There
are in Bahrain many meeting places, clubs, Husainiyahs and
Muharram processions which the pen and tongue fail to describe.
There is an interesting story of the results of meetings. I
w<us sitting with the students before our teacher during our
lessons in the compound of the school of Al Kashif al Ghita
(at Najaf) at the time I was there. A Muai'di came in with a
lo^rge document asking about the Shaikh who was then at Kufa.
The teacher asked him what he 7/anted. He replied saying he wanted
the Shuikh to sign the paper which was about a •waqf Husainiyah
(piourning place) built by them in their town. He asked him how
much it cost them. He said 700 Iraqi Dinars, which is equal to
10,000 Saudi Riyals. We inquired about their town and came to
know that it was a small town called 'Ifaj situated on the bank
of the Eupherates. This is only a small example of what lias been
happening. I would be lengthening the subject if I were to
mention Khan al Hunood at Najaf and other things which were done
by philanthropists.
You my brethren who like to do good and desire the
existence and expansion of such a project? Do not listen to the
statements of silly persons who might say that Qatif is not
suitable for a school. You know that it is impossible to please
everyone. You know that good ideals, efforts and Ulemas follow
the course of events in the world; they do not get disappointed
whenever they fail in their efforts. They make effort after
eifort even if they fail each time. Time changes and history
repeats events; once good luck comes and another time bad luck.
A ridn who comes up with a good idea will continue to spread it
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The file contains an exchange of confidential correspondence, following a formal protest made by Ibn Sa’ud (King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia) to the Minister at the British Legation in Jeddah, about publication of an article in the newspaper Al Bahrain on 26 November 1942.

The correspondence is between His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Jeddah; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield and Major Tom Hickinbotham (Political Agents, Bahrain); Bertram Thomas (Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Public Relations office, Bahrain); Charles Geoffrey Prior ( 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. , Bushire); Hugh Weightman (Joint Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi) and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Bahrain).

The correspondence discusses the reaction of Ibn Sa’ud to the newspaper article, which urged the establishment of a Shia religious school in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. The file includes an English translation of the newspaper article entitled ‘An appeal to found an institute at Qatif’. The article was signed by ‘Ali al Shaikh Mansur al Marhoon al Qatifi’ (Sheikh Mansur al Marhoon), but was later found to have been written by his son, Ali Bin Mansur.

The file cover appears to have been re-used. An earlier file title ‘Facilities – Port of Bahrain’ is visible and has been crossed out.

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1 file (19 folios)
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File papers are arranged chronologically. At the end of the file are three pages of file notes which contain a chronological list of all documents in the file. The list also records the reference numbers ‘1’ and ‘2’ which have been written in red crayon and encircled on the first two documents at the front of the file, and the reference numbers 10 to 19 which have been written on other documents towards the back of the file. The reference numbers help to identify and locate these documents in the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: numbered 1 to 21 in pencil in the top right hand corner and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f.1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f.21).

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