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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [37r] (82/426)
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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thing he could to h«lp. tiomad suggested that he might m? ke his views
publicly Imown by n denial in the press o the lies which his fermer
friends hava befn circulating,"rhis he undertoez; to do.
Accordingly a f«w dJp .ys later Abdull? reported that he lu-d first seen his
Mother t who was thoroughly frightened & wanted to retire to Mecca to end
har days.when fhey saw .ihaik he said he would not let h* r ge A would
not ,©" his own accord^ leave Bahrain.rie upbraided Abdulla ^ slM^ that he
had Coined Hamad against him^ it wj s no ^ood his trying to frighten him.
urovemmant knew him well <5: would not do anything to him but , on tn c jri-
trary, it would not be long befor they deported him ^ Haiaa' together I
-ckbdulla "tried to persuade him to see reason ^ to ta.:e his a How? nee,but
he refused point blank & said he wanted no advise either from him ,©r
from tiamad or the • However 1 think that iibdu la 'c his Mother \\ere
considerably affected.i'ho Old Shaik is now absolutely mulish & convinced
that he is a wronged men ; who will eventually convince LrOvemment & bo
re-instated a a irtuler. Abdulla knows (^uite well that this is not possible.
I hope that under the circumstances you will approve of the line taken,
I think that had I gone to the ihaik direct ,he might have been rude,A
possibly have talked about the incident which would have caused di^ficultjr
It is also difficult to make him understand anything n^w,* I think that
Abdulla genuinely did his best to influence him. If Abdulla 1 cts u^) to
his promise to Hamad & 'he appears to be ready to,& writes a lementi
over his own name, it should at least have the effect of making others
ioubtful of his assistance in futthrr intrigues against Hamad.
.bt Colonel A.^.xrevor 0 ^.3. 1 • C.I..K1
Resident in the Persian Uulf.
Yours sine
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (208 folios)
- Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/339
- Title
- 'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1br:1ev, 2r:14v, 18r:40v, 46v, 51r:61r, 63r:78v, 80r:80v, 82r:88v, 89v:91v, 91ar:91av, 92r:94v, 97r:119v, 120v:124v, 126r:148v, 149v:165v, 165ar:165av, 166r:167v, 170r:170v, 172r:173v, 173ar:173av, 174r:177v, 180r:188v, 190r:207v, 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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- Open Government Licence