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'File 19/109 III (C 22) Bahrain - Relations with Foreign Powers, Etc' [52r] (116/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (243 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1922-16 Nov 1925. It was written in English, Farsi and French. 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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19/109, 19/165, 19/166, & 61/6.
Telegram P 0
To Foreign, Simla.
Repeated to Colonial Office, London.
No.429.
Dated 11th May 192S.
Please refer to my telegrams Nos.424and 425.
I propose to take the following action with a view to
pacification of the island: Arrest Q,asaibi and take him
to Kuwait where he can be handed over to Bin Baud's agent
for Customs negotiations, and returned to Nejd for his
mastfer to deal with. I would send a letter to Bin Saud
telling him that his agent has caused serious trouble ih
Bahrain, and that I hold that agent responsible for
bloodshed which has bean caused, for it is unthinkable
that Persians are the aggressors. I may have to get rid
of a Persian or two as well, but will act after appreciation
of causes that led to present trouble. I would at the
same time warn Dowasir headmen in Bahrain that if there is
any recrudescence of trouble, I will have their boats Kept
out of this pearling season, and to help them to be respons-
-ible for their coreligionists, would express readiness to
deport at once to A1 Ahsa any turbulent ringleaders whom
they choose to point out. With regard to the return of
any agent of Bin Saud to Bahrain, I would point out to him
that we have warned off French, Grermans and others and we
do not propose to allow him to upset status quo, and that
he must consult us about new agent, who must have definite
instructions to confine himself to purely commercial ends
and hold strictly aloof from Consular functions and internal
administration of Bahrain. This would be best done from
Kuwait where I propose to go on as soon as I can safely
leave Bahrain. I see the possibility of putting the Customs
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This file contains correspondence concerning relations between Bahrain and other foreign powers, primarily Persia.
The correspondence discusses the following topics:
- Agitation in the Persian press regarding the alleged oppression of Persians in Bahrain. This includes examples of this type of reporting, including a cutting from the Persian newspaper Asar Azadi (f. 229b & 229c).
- The Persian Government's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (this includes correspondence between British and Persian officials, some of which is in French).
- Details regarding British jurisdiction over foreigners in Bahrain.
- The political agitation of a Persian tally clerk (named Abu Talib) at the Mesopotamia Persian Corporation Limited in Bahrain.
- The activities of Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and his son Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
- Measures to restrict the entry of undesriable foreigners into Bahrain.
The file also includes two petitions (to the British Consulate General in Arabistan) from Bahrainis resident in Muhammarah concerning the conduct of the Persian Government and a cutting entitled 'Alleged British Repression in Bahrain' from a newspaper published in Lahore called 'The Muslim Outlook' (f.197).
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- 1 volume (243 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
A bound correspondence volume. Foliation starts with the first folio and runs to the last folio. Folio 1 is split into four parts (1, 1A, 1B and 1C), folio 157 into two parts (157A and 157B), folio 206 into two parts (206A and 206B) and 229 into three parts (229A, 229B and 229C). The foliation is 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 (with the exception of 229B and 229C) which are numbered on the top left hand side in arabic language fashion).
A secondary foliation system, also written in pencil but not circled, starts on folio 3. This system skips folios and sometimes labels a single folio as multpile folios, so it moves in and out of sync with the primary system.
Folios 229B and 229C are a newsprint insert contained within an envelope which has been attached to folio 229A.
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- 'File 19/109 III (C 22) Bahrain - Relations with Foreign Powers, Etc'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:26v, 27v:74v, 75v:138v, 140r:156v, 157ar:157bv, 158r:205v, 206ar:206bv, 207r:228v, 229ar, 229br:229cv, 229av, 230r:236v, back-i
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