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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [160r] (326/426)
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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( (po
Shaik Hai.iad took charie pro-ress in evary direction of Municipal
work has "been rapid.He is himself President of the committee & the
entire management of affairs is vested in the Municipal Majlis.The
PoA. ao ^nds mcetinrs ex officio & the members often consult him,"but
%•-] ,0:' . iclping hemai -v.eked to do so,he has no ]?art in its
management & Sliaik Haniad himself takes no decisions except with the
concurrence Ox the majority of tlic members. The improvements effected
"by. one Municipality are nox part of the 'Reforms* introduced by us.
To revert to the actual 'reforms'
(l) me Bahrain Court has been working .or over a ycac & is most
some
popular except perhaps with^members of A1 Khalifeh v/ho now have to
oe amenable to Law like everybody else ,& a fev/ of the rich
men v/ho ,under the old regime, nobody could compalin against no matter
what they did.
All thaj; remains to be done is to ^et out a simple 'Civil Code ' &
much
'Criminal Code' as xk±3: for the guidance of the (^oiirt as for the
information of the public.It is not fair on either i that cases should
be decided off-hand by the light of nature alone. Shaik Hamad &
everybody whom we have consulted, desire a simple set of Rmles,(Sc their
introduction will meet with general approval. The idea is to keep
everything as simple as posLiele.
(2) Diving- The main difficulty has been overcome, inasmuch as ITakhudas
have stopped their opposition & now produce their accounts to the
Courts when required. The Shaik will shortly is^ue the proclamation
f
a copy of which wasscnt you with my ITo . There ii, nothing new in
#
this-it merely lays down the existing custom but insists that the
ITakhudas should not swindle.The onlyx innovation is the introduction
of th divers' account books.This was proposed by Colonel Trevor <5c
agreed to by Governmnnt & the books are printed & ready for issue
at the expiry of this seas on. The object is to do away with the custom
of allowing accounts to run on for years w ithout the diver knowing
how he stands .Everybody knows that the system is about to be intrad-
-uced <Sc a^ree/ that it is a good one. The decent ^akhudas welcome it-,
as "orotecting them mucxi as it does the divers .iTakhudas who were
r-iven to sharp practice naturally don't like it.
(3) The Survey is arranged for-evcrybody knows about it^Shaik Hamad is
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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 View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms'
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- 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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