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'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession' [40r] (81/210)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 9 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1942. 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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The eldest son of Shaikh Hamad and a v/ife who died
many years ago who was £ member of the rhalifah family. Aged
42. He has very little education and very little knowledge
of the outer world having never travelled anywhere except
one visit to India and once to "gypt when returning from the
Haj •
His outlook resembles very nearly that of his uncle
3haikh Fohaiui ad bir Tsa, his point of view is definitely
that of the last generation which differs radically from
the younger men of today. He has the feudal feeling, he is
old enough to remember the time when conditions were very
different to today, when the Bahama were regarded by the
Khalifah as serfs. He does not appreciate the changed con
ditions today end the fact that the people of Bahrair 5 espe
cially the 'Bahama, no longer regard individual members of
the Ruling FamiTV as feudal overlords. He has a strong and
undisguised antipathy to the Baharnc who reclprocete this
feeling. He is not progressive and /has shown no Interest
in nodern innovations. He Is rather warlike byt he is not
physically or mentally brave. He can be extremely obstinate.
Shaikh Sulman is very good natured and has a sense
of humour. He is a good mixer and gets on well with Europeans
though he speaks no English. He is careful and sensible
over money, not given to getting into debt but not mean. Aa
a magistrate he was excellent, he has a retentive memory and
knovs more about the local people than any of the senior
Shaikhs- He is sympathetic towards people or communities
who are illtreated, such as the divers, strongly patriotic
and aggressively anti-Persian. His domestic life gives no
c-use for conrrent. His view of peculiar morals, drink etc is
that people should be allowed to do as they like as long as
they are not found out.
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The documents contained in this file relate to issues regarding succession in Bahrain after the death of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa in 1932 and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in 1942.
The file contains detailed discussions of the personality of Shaikh Hamad as well as assessments of the character of Hamad's three most-likely successors, his uncle Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Khalifa and two of Hamad's sons, Salman and Abdullah.
The succession of Salman as Hamad's successor is discussed in detail and a report regarding the circumstances of Hamad's death (from a stroke) is also contained.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (103 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Loose, unbound sheets in a file. Foliation - circled pencil numbers on the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page - starts on the front cover of the file and continues until the inside cover. The file has an inconsistent foliation system in uncircled pencil numbers also on the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page. Foliation errors: 9A and 9B
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/368
- Title
- 'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9ar:9av, 10r:76v, 86r:103v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence