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'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms' [119r] (268/476)
The record is made up of 1 file (219 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1927-30 Apr 1930. 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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BUS ' -Z RSetDGNCY.
71^.. 5th August. 1929.
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Dear Colonel
Your remember our conversation about Zanzibar-
ixation and the Indian Penal Code. I dont think I made myself
quite clear.
For persoatnal law and inheritance, I dont see
why the Ghara-ta should not be preserved intact so long as we
can get reasonably efficient Q,adhis. They are keeping it on
in Iraq, and we have our Muhammadan lav/ in India, in fact I
believe in the U.P. and the Delhi Province they even recognise
Q,adhis. Commercial Law we have handed over more or less
to the Majlis el Urfi, with quite good results, and this is a
/ o|ptent barrier against Zanzibarixation.
But for serious criminal cases, if we are to
have peace, the r hara t a must be gently and gradually cast over
board and the Sudan Penal Code or another based on the I.P.C
substituted. According to the Shara'a a relation of the
victim, or else an accomplice^is no witness, so that if one
is reasonably prudent in choosing the occasion one could mur-
V I
^ der a man in the bosom of his family and still be in no dan
ger of a conviction. Also as you know, we have here the ■»
fact of Sunni criminals being entitled to trial before a Shnni
tribunal, being defendants, with the result that they c^re or
would be gently dealt with.
I forgot to say in my reactionary treatise on
the Bahrein reforms that the nervousness of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
with regard to our moving our landmarks- had no origin in events
in Bahrein, but existed loi.g before the reforms were thought
of here. Do you not think that the Dibai incident is the one
that has given them the most food for thought
sJ _ 4 /
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The file contains material regarding a number of topics including the status of Bahrain following the social and economic reforms that were implemented by the British during the preceding years, the geo-strategic rationale behind Britain's interest in maintaining its dominant position in the country, a detailed discussion of the historical development of Britain's relationship with Bahrain (and the history of Al Khalifa rule) and discussion concerning fears that a too dominant British role would provoke Arab fears and push them towards a closer relationship with Bin Saud.
A number of other topics are discussed in less detail including ideas for reforming the police force in Bahrain and an idea for the establishment of a civil court in the country.
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- 1 file (219 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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A bound correspondence file. The file is foliated with uncircled numbers in the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page.
Original numeration 1/123 then continued. Precedent foliations have been crossed out. Original numeration by folio started on first page of text top right hand number until folio 123, then by page 124/140. A third numeration by page starts towards the end of the volume.
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- 'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:7v, 8ar:8dv, 10r:11v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:12v, 15r:64v, 64ar:64bv, 65r:68v, 70r:75v, 81r:89v, 91r:96v, 98r:100v, 100ar:100av, 101r:182v, 184r:219v, iv-r:vii-v, back-i
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