'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [177r] (364/426)
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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Telegram R.
From Resident, Bushire.
To Government of India.
No. 1181.
Dated 13th December 1924.
Your telegram No. 1816-3 of December 6th.
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
reports that for eight months
a sum of Rs. 4000 monthly was paid into Eastern Bank, Bahrain,
to a special fund in the name of Shaikh Isa. Shaikh
Abdullah reported that this procedure was useless, as Isa
would never touch the money. The sum was then re-absorb-
-ed into the Consolidated Fund of the State and utilized for
State expenditure. Shaikh Hamad will be only too pleased
if his father changes his mind.
The income from date gardens which the old
Shaikh collected last summer was Es. 40,000. These gardens
were bought by him out of Customs Receipts and will be
resumed as State property after his death. He also owns
many small gardens not specified in the above account. His
wife owns estates which probably produce as much income
again.
RESIDENT.
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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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- '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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