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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [‎140r] (286/426)

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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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of Dr Ho id, the geoxdgist who has bo an in Najd, * who is an expert on
artesian wells,to obtain his services for a week to draw up a report on the
feasibility of artesian wells f 3Dr a water -apply f3r ilananeh & :!aharraq.
This has been needed for years but "haik 'Sasa would n t hear of it. The
prospects seen very bright ^ although the re ort is not yet in,I gather
the scheme is feasible & wou? d n9t be expensive .About 4. lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees wou?.a see it
through."e have actually 5 lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees now in reserve ( after Hawing for
all ot'ier expenditure,inc" uding formation of Levies ,completion of the
* Customs,-construction of the sea road ,bridges for the msdn roads etc) £
this sum the 3haik will definitely set ■ side now for the water scheme,
which,if the report is s atisfactory we will endeavour to get ?;olng next
cold weather.-he project has already caused much frvourrbl^ comment Jc
I think if we can achieve this,^ get the land settlement going, to ^e the r
with the reforms of the living & the courts which are well under way
all except the few die-hf rds wi" 1 soon have to admit that the reforms
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will ndt have been a failure.lt *gs an unfortunate thing thrt reforms,
however c re fully conceived, v/hen ci rried out with the best intentions
always produce a storm of abuse at ^irst'.The xinris; crux of the whole
opposition in Bahrain, fast he dicing .The 'opposition* have seldom
mentioned that they were oppose' to reform.: in the diving c have chosen 1
to invent every other re son they cou" d think Df, r. even to r ?ly r^ond
Sheik .2;sa,but now thr t they realise th t all we require in the diving I
I
is areasonsb le amlount of protection for the divers that reform in
this respect is inevit* blj?,oppo ition in other directions is rapidly
dying c^own ice quite a number rre now beginning to point to the improve
ments ef''acted.I think we .re through the worst, • if we quietly persist
' carry out all wo intended, the benifit to all in Shrrin will be very
considerable will bef ore 15ng be ppreciated by those who i re
sufficiently intelligent.
■ I
Colonel Pridesux
G o o # lo0.i o ^. Kesident in the Persian ^ulf

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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