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'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession' [‎58r] (117/210)

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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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Dated the 12th April 1939.
mJSHIRE RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
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Will you please refer to your demi-official letter
No. 287-S of the 31st March 1939 on the subject of the Bahrain
Succession ?
2. I had some further discussion with His Highness on
this matter this morning and he is still very anxious that
everything should be kept entirely secret. He wanted to
write out his nomination and to hand it to me to b e kept
until it is wanted and I had a little difficulty in explaining
to him that this would scarcely be to the advantage of his
successor. However in the end he did agree that the document
had better be lodged in the bank.
3. His Highness said that he wanted to consult the actual
documents drawn up when he himself was nominated as heir -
apparent and he promised to show these to me. T did not
therefore raise the question of witnesses to-day and shall
wait until I have seen these old papers. This is therefore
a purely interim report.
Yours sincerely,
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Trenchard Fowle, K.C.I.S., C.B.E.,
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.

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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.

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1 file (103 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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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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