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'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers' [‎133r] (271/534)

The record is made up of 1 volume (267 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1913-5 Dec 1922. It was written in English, Arabic and Farsi. 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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her complaint being that she^ a white woman and free was
"being sold i ro^ one man to another. The woman stated she
was the subject of Bin Saud,the Ruler of Nejd. It was
obvious to your friend that the case ought to go Eharia.
I therefore passed orders according to the usual custom
that she and the parties complained against should be
sent to Shaikh Jasira bin Mehza the Qazi. According to
usual custom also I asked the Amir of Muharraq. to send
the accused round to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in order that they and
the woman should be taken to the Qazi's court. The Amir
however sent me a perfwctly correct letter,in which he
pointed out the woman Latifah was a proved subject of
your Excellency. Having read the Amir's letter and
satisfied myself that the Amir's statement was correct,
I immediately sent the woman off to him with the request
that he would settle the case before your Excellency's
courts.
SECOND CASE .
This matter came up before me about two months ago
It was a complaint on the part of 10 sailors agaiiist thai] ^ |
their Nakhuda Ahdulla hin Saif. The charge was one of
cruelty and beating. The complainants were all men from
Hassa and were subjects of Bin Saud and so came directly " .]
under the protection of this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,see Government of
India's letter No. 1145 E.A. dated 5th May 1920 para-2. !
The accused hearing that a complaint was lodged
against him of his own free will and without my sending i
for him in any way,come with the men,I was about to
send the case to the Salifah court according to custom,
when the acoueed voluntarily asked if the matter could
be postponed till after the "Guffal". The petitioners
agreed to do this.provided the Nakhuda gave them a
sanad that he would no longer beat them. The Nakhuda
at once did so,out-of court I believe,and all parties
were satisfied. The men have now come up again ( the
Guffal being finished ) to have their case settled. The
Nakhuda I have not yet seen. The case as usual will be
sent to the Salifah court.In both oases,therefore,I
fail

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This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers.

The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status of natives of the Al Hasa region living in Bahrain, Shaikh Isa's contact with the Turkish (Ottoman) Government regarding the port of Ojair and Bahrain's claims to sovereignty over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. .

The file also discusses the activities of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain, Abdullah Al Qusaibi. The file contains two maps (folio 100 and folio113) of Bahrain and the surrounding area with key regional ports marked on them.

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1 volume (267 folios)
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There is an index of the topics contained in the file on folio 1. The index uses the circled foliation system.

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Previously a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts at the index page to the file. Numbers are written in pencil, circled and positioned in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folios. A secondary foliation system is also present starting on f.2 that runs to f.262. These numbers are also written in pencil and are positioned in the same corner as the primary system, but are not circled.

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English, Arabic and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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