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'File 19/165 I (C 18) Bahrain Reforms' [64r] (140/528)
The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 5 Apr 1922-23 Jul 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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This point is important f sinen the work voald bo fairly arduous
& nfona v r ou~d be lea m on it unless there vas sore thing to be ot out
of it. Th^y would Vi£ ; ve to sit about four times a week "or «. month
before the diving i nd a month after p c once a v /oek in the interim
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to rc.tla lisputas. There should be the ri ht to av.eal to the
^ oint Court i # e to the Heir Apparent 5; the ? # A, With these safe-
. uarls ( (fc owing to: the fact that th^re are several i :erubers / the
ourt cou] 1 harlly become corrupt as is the case with the present
T jalif'3h T # Without a member o ^ the Ruling family to five it T tone T
the ITakhudas would ;3o ridicule the members for accepting payment
.hat noooly would accept the ;'ob t <S; without remuneration it would
be unreasonable to expect so ; luch public service.
T_ you think the scheme reasonable I propose to talk the
matter over \ ith Hamad & Abdtlla, Th latter : . ould,I think t like
-•he job^"; has the brains to make it a succe33 ; & if wall jaid
'dll probacy k; p strai^iit . Tt i Dull disturb - s little as
possible th » existing customs^ we should not obviously be tKZxxtc:
n« the originators o^ the reform but would
s 3m o ^e supporting the Jhaik in carrying it out.
-• stice. Jv. :ot you a riv; t 1 ttt r on tbis iub; ct
som ■ tinn back, in v /hich ~ suggested the abolition of the
Ag ency Court ; be h ri i, o all cases in the ."oint Court.
Owing to the extremely bitter relations in Bahrain betv n
3unnis 6 ,haih3,which attitude has,: or their own ends,been
delioerately encouraged by the ru! ers for y ara f I see no
possibility of obtaining justice for ihaihs in uny purely
nativ Court. Gross injustice could not occur in the Toint
Court r : the machinery already exists. As a set-off for the
S .A. sitting on a court taking cases between Bahrain sub,acts,
the Rulers representative would also have a voice in cases
between British sub"' icts & British orotacted sublets,which
mi ht ba represented to him as being mora dignified than
the present system whereby he has no voice in such cases,
which owing to the fact that nearly all the trade etc;is in
foreign hands,form the majority of cases. At present the
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This volume contains detailed discussions regarding the proposed British reforms in Bahrain. The documents discuss the attitude of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa towards the reforms and the role of his sons Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The oppression of the Shia community by the Al Khalifa family and Bahrain's taxation system are discussed as are the implications of the implementation of the reforms vis a vis British relations with Bin Saud and the Persian Government.
The file also contains correspondence between British officials and Shaikh Isa, a petition from the Baharna (Shia) indigenous community of Bahrain and reports regarding Nejdi-Persian violence that occurred in Bahrain in 1923.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (234 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. The file contains an index of topics on the page prior to folio 1. The index uses page numbers relating to the file's consistent foliation system.
- Physical characteristics
Originally a bound correspondence volume, its sheets have been unbound and are now all loose. Foliation - in pencil on the top right corner of each front-facing page - starts on the first page of text after the index page. There is an inconsistent pencilled system that is crossed out, also on the top right corner of each front-facing page.
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- IOR/R/15/1/336
- Title
- 'File 19/165 I (C 18) Bahrain Reforms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:160v, 161v:174v, 175v:179v, 184r:212v, 212ar:212av, 213r:254v, iv-r:v-v, 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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