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The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1923-31 Dec 1923. 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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19/165■
LI
Telegram R
Prom ) olitlcal , Bahrain.
To Resident, Bus hi re.
No. 154-C.
Dated and received 26th October
PRIORITY. I learn that Sunnis agitating on presumption
that reforms are due to Col. Knox, and noaseli and that you
may reverse policy . Shiahs said to be apprehensive on
the same score. Hamad also nervous. I telieve that
statement from you which will bring home to them that the
reforms were ordered and are. insisted on by His Majesty's
Government would have p:ood effect on all parties.
Daly.
Telegram R.
prom Resident, Bushire.
To Daly , Bahrain •
No . 947•
Dated 26th October 1923.
PRIORITY. Your I54-C .
I have not had time to look at petitions yet
but you can , if yom think fit , give following message to
Shaikh Hamad and to heads of Sunnis and Shiahs. begins
"as it appears from petitions I have received
and other sources that people are in aoubt as regards the
continuity of policy regarding reforms ,1 , Col. .a .P .TREVOR
hereby inform and make it clear to all people in Bahrain
that His Majesty"s Government after exhaustive inquiry dec
ided last May that condition of affairs in Bahrain islands
urgently demanded reform and therefore ordered reforms to be
initiated . Be it known theref ore ttB"t, the orders of Gov
ernment will be carried , out end the policy of ref orm recently
initiated pursued without deviation".
Trevor

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The file contains correspondence regarding the finances of Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the activities of Khalifa bin Hamad (who visited King Faysal in Iraq), Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s desire to expel three tribal individuals from Bahrain, the idea for the formation of an armed levy headed by a British officer and the Dowasir tribe’s move out of Bahrain to Dammam.

The file also contains a detailed survey of proposed British reforms and contains several petitions and counter-petitions regarding them from both the Shia and Sunni communities of the country.

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1 volume (233 folios)
Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end.

Physical characteristics

A bound correspondence file. The volume is foliated from the front cover to last page, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. Some folios originally missed out have had letters added, e.g. 1a. 1b etc.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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IOR/R/15/1/338
Title
'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1ev, 2r:31v, 31ar:31av, 32r:37v, 38ar:38bv, 39r:41v, 44r:46v, 48r:49v, 50ar:50av, 51r:51v, 55r:64v, 65ar:65bv, 66r:86v, 89r:93v, 94v:151v, 152ar:152bv, 153r:168v, 171r:175v, 177r:181v, 183v:232v, 233ar:233cv, back-i
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