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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [50v] (107/426)
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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(Copy translation of the letter, which Shaikh Isa Chief of Bahrein sent to
Colonel Knox when the latter demanded from the former his
abdication of the throne of his Country ihe letter being Dated
the 8th Shavval I34I. A. H.)
To,
Colonel KNOX,
Resident at the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
Confirming officially what I told you verbally that your demand of my
abdicating the throne is opposed to my position in every respect and is at
variance with the engagements between me and the British Government. The
trices (people) elected me their King after the murder of my father and these
tribes are there whom you can ask, and who, and none else have the right in
the matter.
(Sd.) ISABIN ALT,
Chief of Bahrein,
(The Telegraphic dispatches sent by Shaikh Isa and his subjects to the
Government authorities at London and India.)
We complain to you against the unjust intenference of the British Con
sul at Bahrein and his enchroachments on our rights and his meddlesomeness
:n our internal affairs and the affairs of our subjects and his purposing our dis
honour and the disgrace of our people and we solicit in the name cf the wel-
known justice cf Great Britain to fix a limit to his numerous trespasses and to
set up a thorough inquest into what has been passing at Bahrein in order to keep
up the friendly re!ations-and in view of the fear of serious troubles breaking up
and silence on these injurious trespasses in the wholesale agitation of the Arab
nation and wounding their hearts and a considerable harm to the policy fol
lowed by the Government towards the Arab tribes.
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/339
- Title
- 'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms'
- Pages
- 47r:50v
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain