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'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms' [68r] (156/494)
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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Aimed bin Kixamis , Syed Armed bin dyed Aiawi , A li bin
HeuiBda , Abdur Basui bin RAjab , Ahmed aa SsaaSx., Mchamed
Daraai and a II bin Rajab.
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After Cuni.liaient3.
1 have received yo^ur petition without date and
have answered the main joints in nsy re^ly to the general
Paharnah petition.
The questions you ask are really ones wnich will
be dealt with in the course of the retorias , and should not
properly fora the subject oi categorical questions in a
petition. But in order to reassure you arvi to calm your
fears 1 answer your nine supplications as follows
1st • There is no intention of transferring the polit~
Agtnt as long as he is in good health and feels # s|ual
to the worry and difficulties of the appointment.
But the reforms are ordered by the High Government and
whether the Resident goes or stays or the Political
a «reat is changed or not the reforms will b® carried
out.
2nd. It is not even necessary for you to make a petit
ion as the High Qofcrernmsnt has ordered the rfloras
and they will eo through anyhow.
^rd . The diving arrangements ivill be the subject of
reform in dae c r>urae. The High Government is w ell
aware of the short coai.^igo of the #x Is ting Sail! eh
Court , of the abuses of tfcfi diving customs and usage .
4th. This patter is being enquired into by Shaikh
Hamad wno in also 1 understand going into the peuenal
question 0 f camels.
5th. The question of diif^rential taxes will he dealt
witn in due course.
6th. 1 am informed that Shaikh Hamad is considering
the
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/338
- Title
- 'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms'
- Pages
- 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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