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'File 19/176 I (C 39) Bahrain Finances' [‎180r] (384/654)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (325 folios). It was created in 11 Jul 1924-11 Jul 1931. 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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coused a rrreat deal of oxciteiTient. lublic petitions were
orgmised, denutstions called the Shaikh end schoolboys
broke into the taberrdk school and destroyed a quantity
of furniture and fittingr.. The Kozeibis and others sug-
j^est^d ) as a threat that they would open e new school in
opposition to the Government schools.
4 In ten days the schools voro re-opened^at first the
attendance vas s mil but within a aonth it reached the
aorratl number. Throu ^out the affair moat of the parents
of tiie boys protested that they did not approve of their
sons 1 behaviour but they v ere MO ^erles i to stop it or
to send thei*! back to school. It is an actual fact that
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here in ahrein, v .ith a few exceptions, from the family
of the Puling Feaily downwards, quite s^all boys are
absolutely independent of their fathers' wishes.
NewsDQt er attcckc- . The departure of the two masters
was ?ronntly followed by e series of abusive and anti-
English articles in Iraki, Persian and Syrian newspapers,
rheir vitupf^ration was mostly directed arainst the poli
tic L agent in Bahrain end the British policy in Bahrain.
The ee* reason for the rasters dispissal was given as being
their refusal to make . n ^lish the teaching laaf ^uage of the
schools, jealousy of the nglish at the snccess of the
irab schools and the wish of the In -'lish to forbid the
teaching of religion. These, and other causes, all
of them equally untrue, were circulated by the masters who
remained in Bahrain. Sheikh i-bdulle ae : resident of
Kd^cetion, published a brief notice in "Al-Iraq" and contra
dicting the newspaper etat rente and stating the reason
for the masters dismissal. 3am articles were also pub-
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lished giving a trie account of the circumstances in
respectable newsaaaers.

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This file contains detailed information regarding Bahrain's finances between 1924 and 1931.

The file contains annual financial reports that include budget, revenue and expenditure details for the Government of Bahrain in this period. Education, the pearling industry and other economic issues are also discussed in the correspondence.

A selection of translations of Arabic-language press articles (from 1930) related to Bahrain are contained in the file on ff. 291 - 293.

The file also contains a number of photographic images:

  • f. 195 - Image of Jaffariah School.
  • f. 196 - Two images of Manamah-Muharrak Bridge under construction.
  • f. 207 - Image of a new road built on the seafront in Muharrak.
  • f. 281 - Two images of newly-built quarantine camp in Muharrak.

An architectural blueprint of the quarantine camp is also included (on f.282).

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1 volume (325 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's sheets have been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation is circled in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 316, ending on the inside of the back cover.

Anomalies: f.1A-D; f.80A; f.96A; f.106A; f.111A; f.154A; f.251A.

No ff.255-256.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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