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'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous' [57r] (115/124)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1925-28 Jun 1931. 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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Confidential .
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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Bahrain,the End June 1931.
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Please refer to your D.0.No:109-S dated the 10th
March 1931.
The Qusaihis are said to be the descendents of a
"butcher and their native place is Riyadh the present capital
of Nejd. They consist of five brothers:
Abdul Aziz bin Hasan.
Abdul Rahman bin Hasan.
Abdulla bin Hasan.
Hasan bin Ibrahim.
Sa T ad bin Ibrahim.
All have the sarae mother but the first three are real
brothers and Hasan and Sa T ad (who lives at Ha^sa) are also
real brothers. When Hasan the father of the first three
died,his brother,Ibrahim,who was working as a camel driver
at Ha^sa married his widow and had these two sons by her.
All these brothers are partners,both in trade and property.
The first four come and go between Najd,Ha^sa and Bahrain,
but Abdul Rahman usually only comes here during the Pearling
season. Sa T ad always remains in Ha^sa. In the pearl trade
busi-ness . _ .
they are the/associates of Rosenthal Freres.
2, The Qusaibis are of a very humble family called as
? Biyasir T ,sometimes also called t Khadh4ris T who,according to
Arab custom can only marry people of low degree like them
selves,even if very rich.
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3. Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rahman al Qusaibi were working as
servants with one LIuqbil al Idan,a well known Ha;ssa merchant
owning property in Hajssa and Bahrain. Abdul Aziz is said to
have started life as his coffee-boy,finally becoming his
confidential clerk,and when loiqbil died it was found that he
had next to noikin^ property,it having mysteriously passed
into
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The documents contained in this file cover a diverse range of topics. The file includes - in the following order - letters concerning water boring operations in Bahrain (1925/1926), a report of an assassination attempt against Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1926), a petition to 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. from Sunni and Shia inhabitants of Bahrain (1926), a letter regarding Shaikh Hamad's desire to visit Abdullah bin Jasim Al Thani in Qatar (1927), a list showing the quantity and value of foreign goods imported into Bahrain in 1927, discussions regarding the granting of additional land in Bahrain to Mespers, The Mesopotamian-Persian Trading Corporation (1928), reports concerning the Persian school in Bahrain (1928), a letter from 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. in Bahrain to the 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 Bushire that discusses several matters (1929), correspondence that discusses the distinction between Shaikh Hamad's personal flag and the official state flag of Bahrain (1930), an intelligence report on the Qusaibi family of Riyadh (1931) and a letter about the implementation of a 10 percent cut to the personal allowances of the Al Khalifa family (1931).
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- 1 file (60 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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Unbound, loose pages in a folder. Foliation starts on the first page of the file. The foliation numbers are written in pencil and circled. They appear in the top right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A previous foliation system runs from folio 3 to folio 8 but has been crossed out. An additional, inconsistent, foliation system appears in pencil and blue crayon, starting on folio 10.
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- IOR/R/15/1/328
- Title
- 'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:9v, 10v, 11v:60v, 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