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'Sheikh Hamad's Visit to India' [‎10r] (19/62)

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The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1920-11 Jan 1921. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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CONFIJHIf'I AL.
Ho. U SS
Political Acsnoy, Sahrflln.
19th '">ec9nh9r, 19S0.
To
:'ha Politiou.1 Resident In the T5 er3ian Gulf,
BUS HIRE.
I]
j^SMORANJUM
^ Refersnoe your teleprraTn no. 2805 of the 15th inntant.
I ba^ to report that yegteriay, when t called on Sheikh
Hiimal bin Shaikh laa, he toll me that 3heikh laa had received - a
telegram from you saying that the question of Shaikh ifar^ad proinfr
to India had besn submitted to rjovernment of India ; that 'heikh
Isa and ns blTn^elf were xmik !! anxiously awaiting Government's orderf
re asked me if I Had informed you that his visit was ^ intended to
be a private one, entirely at his ov/n expenses, and not like that
of his brother, Sheikh Abdullah, who went as Government's puest.
Ho ailed that his own chief objwct was to visit an! pay resnect^
to high officials of Government, in India, but without putting
Government to any expense, as he and his^ father owed everythinp-
to overnment, and only looked to Government for f, TKKA , ' ,, (honour)
during the visit.
iheikh Hamad ulso asksd mo if I thought it possible that
. you would give him the loan of the "LA^KRNOK" to take him to
'
Bombay a?rd Karachi, if Sheikh Isa asked for it, arrl saii that h«9
himself woul I deem it as the crreatsst honour that could be bes
towed upon him on thia occasion.
I replied that I could not say anything about that with
certainity as the "LAWR"''^^" was mostly require I by you "for tours
and other Government work in the Gulf stations. He then saii that
iye 1 x j,imur ha I been given the privilege of roinf to a^'l returnlnp*
from India in "L V'RKMOE", and, psrhans, you would favour him too,
if iheikh Isa asked for it, but that he had not till then sroken
about it to his father.
I gather Sheikh Hamad intends taking his two small boys

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The file relates to a proposed visit by Sheikh Hamad bin Isa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], eldest son of of the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain], Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] to India 'for recreation, and also for seeing civilization and material progress'.

The papers consist of letters and telegrams from Sheikh Isa (in Arabic with English translations); Khan Sahib, Indian Assistant, in charge of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrein (including a letter in Arabic to Sheikh Isa, with translation in English); and 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file includes papers relating to a request by Sheikh Hamad for the loan of the RIMS (Royal Indian Marine Ship) Lawrence , December 1920; papers concerning the proposed itinerary for the visit, December 1920; papers relating to a request from Sheikh Hamad that the Indian Assistant, Khan Sahib, accompany him in India, December 1920; and telegram notifying 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. of the departure of Sheikh Hamad and his party, January 1921.

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1 file (29 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the file reads from right to left and has been foliated accordingly, with the foliation sequence commencing at 1 on the front cover and terminating at 31 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear 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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