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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [‎28r] (64/426)

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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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19/165 & 35/105 •
Telegram Co^e ,
Prom RBsiiifixit., olitical, Muscat.
rpo * Resident , Bus hire.
No . 67 .
Dated and received 20th. January 1 ( >24 .
Reference your telegram 52.
A lhan returned, following frcm him, "begins.
"Reference telegram No . 52 frcm Resident in
i -ersian Gulf.
"I can only repeat terms of my former suggest-
-ions. 1 will enlist, train ana officer the required number
of men for Bahrain.
"Owing to heavy duties and garrisoning 1 cannot
spare one man or rifle from my corps to lend Bahrain.
"Enlisting and training these men will take
at least three months ." Ends .
Political .
Telegram R-
Prom Resident, Bushire.
To Foreign , Delhi .
Repeated political, Bahrain.
No . 116 .
Dated 21st January 1924.
your telegram loS-S .
Commandant Muscat Levy Corps telegraphs that
owing to heavy duties and garrisoning he cannot A any men to
lerd Bahrain.
This point is therefore settled . Commandant
»ays he is still prepared to enlist, train and ofticer required
number of men , which will take at least tnree months .
(Foreign telegram referred to ; approved idea of
borrowing men if Muscat Government had no objection) .
. Trevor.

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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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