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'File 5/18 Lesser Members of Al Khalifah Family' [46r] (91/186)
The record is made up of 1 file (94 folios). It was created in 3 Oct 1923-2 Nov 1930. 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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o.d a&fik
j aiirain,
tiie 15^1* September
I j25 .
Pleaae refer to Horner 1 a nomorandum I'o .318-3 dated
the 4th September 19^5 on the subject of the auddtn depart-
-ure of 3heikli Hamad bin ...oharu-iad from Jiaurain,
Vy letter ITo.75 /5 /18 dated the Slat August 19^5 was
mnftv6tdably (owing to lack of time) confined to a uescript-
ion of the circumstancea attending iheikh Hamad's departure
and tl^e immediate cauaea of it. To understand fully the
motives which promx)ted him to take auch a deciaive and ij._-
adviaed step it is necesaary to look back 55 k ears in tht .
iiiatorj of Bani-ain! Ir; the eara 1368 and I86fc the foliow-
-ing tvents occurred (videpa^-es 395-399 Vol.I Historical
Parti, Gazetteer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Sheikii ] ohammed, the present 3heikh i-amad's father,
after a rule of 25 years in Bahrain, fled, at the approach
of a British fleet, to v . w atar, and his brother Sheikh ^li
(father of Sheikh Isa) was declared Sheikh of Bahrain uy t-.e
British authorities in his ot^ad. After less tiian a year's
ruxe, Sheikh Ali was himself defeated and killed b w his
brother Sheikh Mohammad in an engagement on Baiirain island.
A second British fleet then visited the island, captured
3heikh Mohammed and installed Sheikh Isa, son of iiheikh All,
as Sheikh of Bahrain, which he has remained ever since.
Sheikh Hamad bin Kohamiyiad is tiie eldest son of his
father, and of a wild and headstrong temperament. He has
never submitted to Gheikh Isa's rule, more ti^an once openly
declaring f tue latter a usurper and himself the
rightful 3heikh of . ahrain. iie has naturally treated Jheikh
Hamad bin laa 's assiimx^tion of authority witii stili mere
disdain, and has persistentxy refused to reco^ni^e that t^e
The Ilon'ole Lieut, Colonel C.G.Crosthwaite J.B.iu.,
Political esident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bahrain, Baghdad and Bushire, as well as with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and other members of the Āl Khalīfah family.
These correspondence concern the personalities and activities of various members of the Āl Khalīfah family, including:
- Khalīfah bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah;
- Ḥamad bin Muḥammad Āl Khalīfah;
- Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Āl Khalīfah;
- Khalīfah bin Muḥammad Āl Khalīfah;
- Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah;
- Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (94 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged roughly in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence runs between ff 2-16; these numbers are written in blue crayon and are also circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/110
- Title
- 'File 5/18 Lesser Members of Al Khalifah Family'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 4v:36v, 37v:39v, 40v, 41v:50v, 52v:59v, 60v:62v, 63ar:63av, 70v:91v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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