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'File 5/15 Ahmad bin Lahej and Abdul Wahab Zaiyani' [‎9r] (17/134)

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The record is made up of 1 file (67 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1923-26 May 1924. 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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No. ) ~ C of 1923.
Camp, Bahrain .Dated 7th Nov.19 23.
To
The Officer Coinmandlng,
R.I*H.S. Lawrence.
Memo randum .
Under inetructions from the Oovorment of India,I
have to f»end two arafco naned Ahmed bin Lahej and Abdul
Wahab Zayani with one Bervant each to Bombay.
receive
I request you will be eo good ae to these personc
on board the ship under your comriand and convey them either
to Bushire or Basra ( presumably the latter place will be
more convenient ) and hand them over to the Captain of the
mail-steamer, which will I think be the Vasna. To prevent
the possibility of their getting ashore at any intermediate
ports I am sending an Infantry guard with them. I enclose
a letter to the Commander of the Vasna which I request you will
kindly have handed to him and attach a copy of it for your
information.
I should be obliged if you will kindly request the
B.I.Agents at Basra to give them two first class tickets with
food and two third class tickets with food for the servants
and three third class passages without food for the sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
^ return if possible) and, if the two deportees cannot pay
(they should be able to do so), will you kindly ask »Mesper8♦
to recover the cost from the 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. , Buahire. I think,
there is no doubt they will do this as they frequently do so,
but if they make any objection I should be glad if you will
kindly pay and recover the money from the 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. .
vhen these persons have been handed over to the Captain

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This file contains correspondence between Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, British 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. at Bahrain; Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor, British 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. at Bushire; the Foreign Department, Government of India; and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah.

These correspondence concern the deportation of ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Zayānī and Aḥamad bin Laḥaj from Bahrain to Bombay on account of their intrigues against Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah. This file includes details of their intrigues and connections with Hāfiẓ Wahbah (also known as Mulla Hafidh) and other prominent Bahraini deportees residing in Bombay, including ‘Alī bin Khālid; their deportation on board the R.I.M.S. Lawrence and R.I.M.S. Vasna via Basra and Bushire; and detention in Bombay, including a court petition and hotel expenses at the Shah Jahan Palace Hotel.

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1 file (67 folios)
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Foliation: There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and runs through to 67, ending on the inside of the back cover.

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