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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [139r] (284/426)
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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police & could be reverted fdr misbehaviour or otherwise unss tisfectory
conduct.The Police wDlild be properly housed & fed instead of feeding
th ■■isel.-es in t-'ia ^az 1 ar wiuld gain in eff^fciency.'They v/ould also be
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cldthed ^-these adrainistraive arrangements would be in the h nds of the
OoiiiU'ndant levies,who would alsd train the men in discipline fttc.
Tho -olice would not be rrraed but carry a saall truncheon,the armed ^eviee
ing in reserve to deal vith riots on a latge scale sh;uld any such
x again, ich I nov. think un? iice y ,at any n^te for soLie years.
it stracx: rue -chat this imn ilhudadad might be suitable for the
i .ost 01 i>.ec d o^ --olice, to train the police in their technical duties,
report lapsus in discipline to the British officer . de^l with the ^
rolicG work in the courts, it boing obviously n^^t desirable the t t'ha ^
x>rioish Oificer shou. d have anything to do with th t p&rt of the work.
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At the seme time the arrange, ents tor pay,clothing fe ing & initial
training v/ould all be supervised Kixk by the B.O* lz the police be
house j ii: i^; . i- cks near the -evy . ines,so that the administr tive side
would be efficiently conducted. I see rhudadrd has ; certifiaate fron
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you,so I write to ; sk what you think of him & whethey you think he is
the m- n for the Job described.! see he knows no arable,but he would
have arab assistants « would doubtless soon pick up enough to carry
on c large numbers ^f the inhabitants spe 1 k Persian.
I should be gjad ti learn also.whrt you thini: of the plan for over
hauling the -folice.I mentioned it to Colonel Trevor b he favoured the
scheme but we h* ve not been able to do anything ponding the r rrival tff
the levies ^ the ^.0. snaik Ha«4d is tsking very commendable interest
in all these matters ib no doubt if^ihis trip to Europe comes off wi^,.
be x.eener th n ever. Except for the permanent malcontents of the
^ibdul V/ahab typei « persons who used to make a good thing out of ahaik
^asa^ gradual change in public Spinion is undoubtedly taking :)lace,«
they are beginning to realise th| the reforms re sl owljr but surely
bringing ebout a much better st te of affi irs.'Je hope soon to be able
to show some material results.The customs pier has be ;n completed,
sheds tre arriving & will be erected before next rains, ^ a .trolley
system alsft.Shaik Hr mad h^'s given a contrct on very favour- ble terms
(for his treasury^ to the Indian who built the Customs pier,to construct '
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fine sea front & broad motor road,' tV work hi s st. f rt-ed !o will be v
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completed in six mmths. Ee has als5 taken Pdvantage of
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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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- 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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