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'File 19/169 II (C 76) Agitation in Bahrain' [‎128r] (266/514)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (247 folios). It was created in 18 Feb 1935-27 Dec 1938. 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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BUSH IRE RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
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D.O. No. C/680-l.b/5
Dated the 6th November 1938.
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Will you please refer to the correspondence resting
with my demi-official letter No. C/667 dated the 29th
October 1938 on the subject of agitation in Bahrain? There
are the following developments to report this week.
2. Early in the week Shaikh Abdullah bin 'Isa and
Belgrave came to see me and to talk over the situation.
Shaikh Abdullah said that they wanted to put an end to
this agitation quickly and that he recognised that there
were one or two items in the Administration that needed
refom. He thought that if these were put right there
would remain no justifiable cause for further agitation.
He asked me for my views and I told him that I had reported
the whole situation to you so that I could not say anything
officially to him at the present moment; but purely unoffiical-
ly I thought that something must be done pretty quickly
about the Courts. With this he agreed and said that arrange
ments had already been made for the reform of the Shia
Shera Court, but what was to be done about the Bahrain
Court? I asked him if he thought that His Hig hness would
agree to send some of the younger A1 Khalifah to Egypt
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or elsewhere for training and he said that he did jnot
think so. After some discussion we came to the conclusion
that the best solution would be to get two retired magistrates
or other well-qualified and reputable "men of law" (probably
from Egypt), one of whom would, with the aid of a Committee,
firish off the work of codifying law in Bahrain, while the
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Sir Trenchard Fowle. t-C.I.E.,
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 Gull,
Bushire.

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A collection of correspondence that primarily relates to agitation that took place in Bahrain between 1935 and 1938. The main topics discussed are the reform of Shia religious courts in Bahrain, the factors involved in the unrest, a brief history of the Baharnah (the Shia community in Bahrain), matters related to education in the country, the emergence of an educated class in Bahrain and employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company.

The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) and the Resident in Bushire (Lt Col Trenchard Craven Fowle). Correspondence from Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s advisor, Charles Belgrave, is also contained.

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1 volume (247 folios)
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Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end. On folio 2 there is an index by topic entitled Bahrain Agitation. The folio numbers given refer to the inconsistent, uncircled folio system in the top right-hand corner of the pages.

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A bound correspondence file. The volume is foliated from the first page with text to last page with text, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. Some folios originally missed out have had letters added at a later date, e.g. 1a. 1b etc. There is an inconsistent foliation system of uncircled numbers also in the top-right corner of each front-facing page.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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