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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [‎23r] (54/426)

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The record is made up of 1 file (208 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1924-13 Aug 1925. 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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Telegram R.
prom Foreign , Delhi .
To Resident, Buahire.
Ho . 136-S .
Dated 13tu received 14th January 1924.
"Xour telegram 16 of January 4th .
It is not possible to treat Zayani as a
person deported under Bahrain Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ; he will be
told th»t he will not be allowed to land in Bahrain.
Should Zayani return to the Qull and give
oause for action within the territories to which the Persian
Coasts and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. applies he can be treated
as a Foreigner and il you think it advisable dealt with as
such under tne deportation provisions of that Order. But
this is only possible ii the Shaikh of Bahrain ceaes Juris-
-diction in respect of him; your first step should thereiore
be to obtain document to this effect from Shaikh and it had
better cover remaining deportees also. Similarly since
Bahrain subjects are regarded as British protected persons
outside Bahrain, Zayani can be dealt with as a British sub-
-jeot under the deportatioxis of the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
within the limits of its operation. Above also applies
to other deportees who are all presumably Panrain subjects.
Foreign.
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Note .by P .R .
I presume they mean Foreigner in Banrain but
British protected person outside the Islands .
No . -S of 1924 .
Brit is h Re&id ency and Consulate-O^neral f
Bus hire , 15th January 1924.
Copy f orwarded with compliments to 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. ,
Bahrain, with rei erence to this office telegram No. 80 dated
14th January 1924, lor information.
By order ,
Capt. ,
Under Secretary to the political
Resident in the Persian Qulf .

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File includes correspondence related to a number of topics including a request to the Governor General of Sudan for a copy of Sudan's Penal Code, correspondence between Abdul Wahab Zayani (Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa’s Attorney in exile in Bombay) and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, reports of Sunni violence against the Shia community in Bahrain, discussion regarding the need for a levy corps in Bahrain, discussion on where and how Shaikh Hamad bin Isa’s younger children should be educated, correspondence between Bushire, Bahrain and the Government of India regarding the extent of reforms in Bahrain and the nature of Britain’s role in the country.

The movements of an Egyptian journalist (Ahmed Rifaat) in the region are also mentioned as are several other matters in brief. The file also includes a letter from Herbert Samuel, the British High Commissioner in Palestine that reports news that King Hussein had heard about the removal of Isa as ruler and expressed his concern that it could cause unrest.

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1 file (208 folios)
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Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end.

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A bound correspondence file. The volume is foliated from the front cover to back cover, with small uncircled 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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