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'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms' [121r] (262/494)
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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haulers * shares, which shares would be pskid over to the
divers and Haulers (less adv iiees t-reveious ^ald theE/
in tne uej.?rtaeotal cl'l'ioe, atid details at the trajasaction
eatered in the ^aknuda's acoouat -iid the aaia laots in the
diver's book. in the event of the diver's .hare being
less than the j.revicua debt to the ilakhu4a the saount due
to hia on his share should b® entered in his book =»nd the
debit 'balance shewn. Haknudas and divers iiaviing disputes
would proceed bei ore the Saliva Court and have thea adjml-
icnted. For s-akihg this arrangement the Bahra in G-overn-
cent might legitimately i*akhudas aad divers a small
percentage (say 1^) on their se-tson's gains or on the amount
i,aid to the divers , this of course a*art from the general
tax. on each ^.e^rling boat which 1 consider should be levied
and the amount 01 which its being considered . fhie arr
angement would tut the whole bus hiness on a sound footing,
but it entails a good de -1 ci hard work and is therefore
not suited to Bahrain; tie daKhudas would bitterly resent
it as introducing too much publicity into their all airs anil
reducing their chances of peculation anc. swindling• Be—
lore endorsing and finally submitting tnis scheme im
propose to Siake enquiries into the number of boats , Hakhui-
as and divers with a view to seeing whether the proposal is
feasible; it is possible that the number of the ia^t aer^t-
loned category ore so large that a small department couln
the
not deal with them i^time. 1 think however aaae^hl.ig on
these lines will have to be introduced .
^ 6 / alucoess ion .
Tq ens"ore the success of the reforms it is essential
that early steps should be taken to train an enlightened
successor to dhaikh Hamad. The latter'* eldest son delman
has all the worst qualities of the al Khalifa family* He
is totally uneaucated , vaih, lazy , and Lie lined to oppress
and tyrannize over anyone who is powerless to resist.
delman is absolutely unfit to succeed his f"tner as ruler.
It
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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