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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎156v] (317/418)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. 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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CHAPTER IX.
Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1929.
Personnel. —Lieut.-Colonel C. C. J. Barrett, held charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. till
the 28th April, when Captain C. Gr. Prior took over. Khan Bahadur Sayyid
Siddiq Hasan was India Assistant throughout the year.
Ruler of Bahrain and the Al-Khalifah Family. —Shaikh Sir Isa has been
friendly in his attitude, and has not shown any disposition to question the pre
sent regime. His truculent wife, the ' Queen ' Ayesha was absent on Haj for a
part of the year and is said to have been much gratified by the notice taken of
her there as a result of a letter of good offices given by Colonel Barrett,
Shaikh Hamad bin Isa, the Deputy Ruler has been on the best of terms with
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. througibout the year. His distaste of work in any form is increasing
and it is becoming more and more difficult to get him to make a decision.
Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa has been of great assistance to the Bahrain Gov
ernment. He has more push and go than all the rest of his family put together,
and since he exerting his influence more and more on the side of good Govern
ment, much is to be hoped of him in the future-
Shaikh Muhammad bin Isa returned from Lingah in January and was
obliged to part with his gold watch and other bribes to avoid taking out a Per
sian jawaz. Later he went to India for three months and spent most of the time
at Bombay. He was given a free trip to Rangoon by the B. I. S. N. Company
which he much enjoyed. As President of the Manama Municipal Committee he
is quite useless, more from mental incapacity than anything else.
Shaikh Salman bin Hamad has been doing steady and useful work as Joint
Magistrate and Judge of the Bahrain Courts He is hard working and sensible
and will make a useful Judge when he has more confidence.
Shaikh Rashid bin Muhammad, the father-in-law of Shaikh Hamad has be
come President of the Majlis el Urfi, and is doing well. Certain other members
of the Al-Khalifah family have been employed in posts of lesser importance.
Bahrain State. —Captain Parke went on leave on the 21st March and re
turned on the 12th October. In his absence, Mr. Belgrave carried out the duties
of Commandant of Police.
On the whole Sunni-Shiah relations have been satisfactorv throughput the
year, but in Muharram it was reported that the Perisians in Muharraq had com
menced holding processions, and were behaving in a provocative manner. 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. requested them to desist and they did so.
A result of the persecution of Bahama at Muhammerah has been to
estrange Bahrain Shiahs from Persian Shiahs, and the two communities have
little in common now.
Ali bin Abdullah and Ali bin Jafar were appointed Shiah Qadhis, the former
for the town of Manama and the latter for the villages.
During Mav an agitation was set on foot to bring about the return of Shaikh
Khalaf the ex-Shiah Qadhi, now at Kerbela. The agitation was ignored and
eventually subsided.
It will be remembered that the Bahrain Government attempted three years
ago to form Waqf Committees but were obliged to give up the idea on account
of the outcry raised. T!he Shiahs voluntarily decided to form one in May and it
has_ done excellent work. Many unsuspected Waqfs have been discovered, and
an income of some 50,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. has already been secured.
The outstanding event of the year in the internal affairs of the State were
the trial of certain members of the Al-Khalifah family for offences committed *
between 3 and 8 years ago.
By a stroke of luck the Police had been able to lay their handis on a gang of
men who had carried out many murderous attacks on Bahrain villages, and being
foreigners, they had been sentenced in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court to life sentences. It
was conclusively shown that they had been instigated to these acts by certain Al-
Khalifah, and since it was most undesirable that the instigators should escape
scot free, Shaikh Hamad was pressed to deal with them. This he was very loth
to do, but ^ patience will subdue tigers and Numidian lions ", and he finally
allowed the Bahrain Court to take up the cases. Shaikh Abdullah was added to
the Court, and all three Al-Khalifah were found guilty.

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1925 (GIPS, 1926); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1926 (GIPD, 1927); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1927 (GIPD, 1928); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including review by 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. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 207 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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