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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [107r] (218/426)
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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C <r \ ^ C ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ~ ^ C^/c^r^C iL^l Cy f .
is re qu ire .3 a second court which v oul d relieve ^haik Hamad x 7se" , f
Of the oonntloaa petty cases which occurT^he Aasiatent vould sit on thi
ooart with a young member of the family whom re are treining now,in
game wty t'-r t Ifcr. a = I sit on the higher court.The arnb member vould
trke cases between Bahrain subjects ( the Asst.P.a. be^ng available to
Advise hia vhon he asks for m r»n-?v,- i „ jl
' l 1 or.) .iq A• fy m would "take crises
betveen British subjects •, protected p rsons A they would together
take cases where both classes are involved. There would be an apoeal
by Hs .nrd s subjects to him in the Higher Court, by British iub lects
to the xOliticul - gent .4 Sjm Joint court cases ih the lower Court to
the iigher Joint Court. The Lower court would h ve powers of second
class ^ gist- tes.Land cases <* cases of a semi-Politic; 1 ret re be
tween sunnis & shiahs which w- nt carefpl handling would be reserved for
the higher courts .Expe rience for f e members of the lo^ er court is
not therefore of vit 1 import' nee,as appeal is possible & the cfse3
will f11 be very simple.
I person.' 11 y should like to see the reforms put thanmgh as
fr s possible oefore I '"eave.I have no difficulty in working with
&ru*d ^ he is genuinely nxious to get things star? ight.At the s-me
time I have had no leave since 1914. & 1 do not feel I can go on
for ever. If Government would ap >oint an ssistant at once t so that
he would have picked up the work by next cold we-ther,* the survey
is started o-f as soon ^s possible,it should be possible to get
all the princip^t reforms over next cold weather.I should then ■ sk
to be allowed to go on long leave next spring.
I h; v ■ not been keeping very good health lately & f el
f
that I shall very li cely badly ne d rjcess this hot wea ther .(Kit will
be my fourth hot we^lbearijhere & I hs ve only been able to take recess
once.This following on several years vithmt leave in Iraq is be
ginning to tel"! on me. At the same tim I f^el that I would like to
see the thing through A see Hamad well started off with a clean
si- te. If the A.P.^. \ ere ppointe l now it night be os ible for
rae to take recess about August ^ ieptember ^v/hen everybody is away
diving ^ work is normal y slack. I would suggest that Government
be asked to appoint a young as iirant for 'olitical,whose mme
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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.
- 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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