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File 58 Bahrain affairs [119r] (251/388)
The record is made up of 1 volume (183 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868. 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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Ko.
P olitical D epartme K t.
Bombay Castle, ^ , June 1864^
The Acting
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.
, No. 27, dated the 6th May 1864.
lleports the result of a conversation which took place, during a visit he recently paid
to Bahrein, between himself and the head Sheikh and his brother, regarding the oppressive
conduct of the Chief towards British Indian subjects resident on his island, and appends a
list of some such complaints lately disposed of
Resolution .—The Political Kesident's proceedings should be approved. The
views submitted have generally the entire concurrence of Government. The
policy suggested in this and former letters, has always commanded the assent of
the Honorable the Governor in Council, and it cannot be too strongly impressed
on the Bunnyas at Bahrein that Government has no intention of interfering in their
favor, and that this intention will be rigidly adhered to.
The list of complaints alluded to in paragraph 2 of this letter has not been
received, and should be forwarded for the information of Government.
ChieJ Secretary to Government,
To
The Acting
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.
,
Persian GuLf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly.
A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following:
- Relations between Britain and Bahrain;
- A blockade of Kutiffe (Al-Qatif);
- Military action taken by Bahrain against the Chief of Wukra;
- The mis-treatment of Indian British subjects in Bahrain.
On folios 2-6, the file contains copies in English and Arabic of the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship (1861) signed by Sheikh Mahomed ben Khalifeh [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] on behalf of himself and his successors and Captain James Felix Jones on behalf of the British Government.
On folios 136-140, the file contains a translation of an agreement proposed by Houssein Ali Mirza, the Prince Regent of Fars in 1822, that Lieutenant William Bruce is said to have agreed to without permission of the British Government.
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- 1 volume (183 folios)
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Foliation: The file's foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the last folio before the back cover, on number 183. Foliation errors: f 101 is followed by f 101A; f 107 is followed by f 107A; f 111 is followed by f 111A; f 115 is followed by f 115A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/183
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- File 58 Bahrain affairs
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- front-a, front-a-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:101v, 101ar:101av, 102r:107v, 107ar:107av, 108r:111v, 111ar:111av, 112r:115v, 115ar:115av, 116r:131v, 136r:155v, 158r:183v, iii-r:iii-v, back-a-i, back-a, front-b, front-b-i, back-b-i, back-b
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