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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [132r] (270/426)
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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Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Bahrain, ersian ';ulf.
2b/5/24
BUv
Reg. th. . ..
Date K, ^
CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS.
iJ'rom The Political ^gent Bahrain.
io Ihe ilon'bla the i^olitieal Kesidant :sashire.
Memorandum .
1 ntri^ues oi* ^bdu.1 ^/c.hfcb !^« ; .iyanl
C fester day Siaik Abdulla informed uhaih Earned & myself th^t Just before
I recently Is ft for Bushire.Sheik ^asa received a docui» nt f ron s^abay
which had been prepared by Abdul Wehab Zayani £ which he sent on to
Jashire m the sxatH boat in which I travelladc this doctment is in all
probability that mentioned in my No of which l heard
was being got up in Bombajr by Abdul m hab Zayatt assi^Wd by Jasia
a1 awid 'lia l *tt #r is the man who was deported two years ago .On the
introduction of the reforms,he & his uncle were financially badljr hit.
Tfaey had for years had the spending of Shaik iSasa^s money k an examined
tion of uheir accounts shewed that they had made an average profit of
about half a Irkh |per mensem.It is therefore not surprising that they
should desire a return to the old regime.
These two persons have for some time past been meeting arrivals from
the (i-ulf ,in .Bombay,& importuning them to sign a document which was
doubtless intended to add strength to Shaik rasa's petit!on.l heard
from one person that he was s sked to sign ,but as his symp? thy was
m (so he was told) doubtful he was to sign without seeing the document I
He declined to sign,but l believe people from Muscat .^atar etc who have
nothing to do with Bahrain affairs have signed,presumably out of
love of intrigue,or t hey were pt id to do so in Bombay.
It is characterise tic of Shaik Abdulla that he should not
have mentioned the matter before.He now says that he heard of it
because his servant Bin oharideh was asked to take tie letter to
Sushire & as^ced his vice.This individual is the man who once before
took majLtjc. part in similar intrigued (see page 3 Hesid^nts No 622-3
of loth November I923) He is a servant of iha ik Abdulla.
taxed Abdulla with not having informed him before of the matter
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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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