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'File 19/176 IV (C 71) Bahrain Finances' [89r] (196/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 28 May 1934-14 Jun 1937. 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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obi a community in Manamah to utilise the
prevailing discontent as a means for obtaining
certain political concessions from the government,
but these concessions were really only sought
by the Manamah Shias who have quite a different
mentality to the ignorant and inarticulate country
people. Sight representatives, four from Manamah
and four from the country, were elected by the
Shia community, which consists of about two thirds
of the whole population, to represent their grie
vances to the government. The demands which they
made were not unreasonable. They asked that a
code should be adopted in the Bahrain Courts, that
there should be proportionate representation on
the municipal councils, that the Manamah school
should be handed back to the Shia community and
that the Shias should have more representatives
on the Majlis Tajara. Unfortunately the beha-
viouu of some of the petitioners and their suppor
ters# during the discussions which took place
was such as might be likely to cause a breach of
the peace. Eventually however the government
agreed to deal with the various points which had
been raised and the Shia community were satisfied.
A few months later the eight Shia representatives
presented another letter to the Government that
a third Shia Qadi should be appointed by the govern
ment and that all three should sit together on one
bench, as is done in the case of the Sunni Qadis.
This request caused a cleavage in the ranks of the
Shias as Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohomed Saleh, the
Shia Kadi in Manamah, bitterly resente± the sugges
tion that he should sit with any other Qadis and
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This file contains detailed records of Bahraini government budgets, revenues and expenditures for the years 1934 to 1937. The file also contains a number of reports compiled by Charles Belgrave (Shaikh Hamad's advisor). These reports cover the pearling trade and diving industry, the police force and public security, education, agriculture, the judiciary, the Shia Waqf department, land ownership, the island's electric supply and matters related to the municipalities of Muharraq and Manamah. The file also contains documents concerning customs and oil revenue data.
The file contains three photographic images (two of the police station in the town of Hidd and one of the barrack room at the fort in Manama) on folio 73c.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. An index of topics contained in the file is contained on folio 1b. The index uses the consistent foliation system in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page. The list of topics is fairly extensive but is not complete.
- Physical characteristics
A single bound volume. Foliation starts with the first folio and the numbering runs from 1 to 203. The folios are numbered in pencil in the top right hand corner. Folio 1 is split into three parts (folios 1A, 1B and 1C), folio 26 into two parts (folios 26A and 26B) and folio 73 into three parts (73A, 73B and 73C). Folio 73C is a melinex insert containing three photographic prints.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/353
- Title
- 'File 19/176 IV (C 71) Bahrain Finances'
- Pages
- 11r:14r, 19r:24v, 31r:72r, 74r:110r, 118r:123r, 135r:150r, 156r:153r, 167r:172r, 186r:195r
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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