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'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)' [219v] (36/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (35 folios). It was created in 1942. It was written in English. 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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Shara Courts. Shaikh Abdullatif bin Mahmood, one of the Sunni Qadis, of the Shafi sect,
retired owing to ill health and was granted a pension by the State. In his place Shaikh Mohomed
Saleh bin Abdullatif was appointed Qadi. The new Qadi has a more liberal outlook than his fellow
judges and in addition to his knowledge of the Shara he has the advantages of being a man with a
little general education. He was at one time the headmaster of a school founded by the well-known
pearl merchant Shaikh Mohomed Ali Zainal. Shaikh Mohomed Saleh is of Iranian origin and is a
relation-in-law of his Highness the Ruler.
The court dealt with 186 cases but only 40 cases were disposed of during the year. There is
general complaint at the slowness of the Sunni Shara Court and as the cases are received in the first
place and then passed on to the Shara the Bahrain Court is frequently blamed for the delay. The
appointment of a Sunni Appeal Qadi is under consideration. None of the local Aahms are competent
and it is difficult to find a capable and suitable person to whom this work can be entrusted.
The Shia Shara Court dealt with fewer cases than the Sunni Court but out of 63 cases only 13
were pending at the end of the year. The presence of a Shia Appeal Qadi seems to expedite the
work of this court.
Majlis Tijara. This committee meets once a week in order to examine and report on the
cases relating to diving or commerce which are referred to it by other courts. Most of the cases
which it deals with are sent to it from the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
or Joint courts. During the year 58 cases were
referred to the Majlis from Bahrain courts, most of them coming from the Small Court, of these 41
cases were settled. The Majlis frequently obtains a settlement by compromise. From the point
of view of the Bahrain Courts the work of the Majlis is satisfactory. The members are unpaid but
the President, one of the Ruling Family, receives a salary.
Appeal Courts. Six appeals from the Shia Shara Court were disposed of by the
Appeal Qadi.
The Senior Appeal Court, consisting of Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa Alkhalifah, Shaikh Salman
bin Hamad Alkhalifah and the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, heard 20 cases from the Bahrain
Court and the Sunni Shara Court of which 16 cases were disposed of. The lack of a Sunni Appeal
judge makes the work of this court very difficult when it has to examine cases from the Shara Court.
In one important case reference was made to Al-Azhar in Cairo for a ruling which, at the end of the
year, had not yet been received.
In criminal cases, which are comparatively few, the Bahrain Court is guided by the Sudan
Penal Code. This code, although it has not been officially adopted, is constantly referred to by the
magistrates and also by the police. This arrangement appears to be working satisfactorily.
MANAMAH MUNICIPALITY.
The municipal revenue during 1360 was Rs. 1,07,479 and the expenditure was Rs. 92,584.
The revenue included the government grant of Rs. 24,000 and receipts from house and shop taxes,
licenses and other sources.
Several new roads were opened during the year including one on south-west side of Manamah
from the Manamah-Rafa'a road down to the government hospital. Seventy-eight houses were removed
to make this road which is 40 feet wide and 2,000 feet long. Part of the ground crossed by the road
was low lying and liable to become flooded, the road and the open ground adjacent to it has been raised
and this area has been much improved.
Many of the town roads including the Manamah-Rafa'a road as far as the municipal boundary
were surfaced with a mixture of sand and crude oil which has been found lasting and effective. The
cost of this work consists of the transport of the oil from the refinery, where it is available without
payment and the labour necessary for mixing and laying it.
Good progress was made in reclaiming the swamp on the south of the town behind the Arabian
Mission. All this ground is now free of water. In the future it can be utilised for building sites for
expansion of Manamah town.
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This volume is the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the year 1360 AH (1941-1942) and gives te details of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Bahrain State and contains notes on the activities of the various Government departments, as well as the budget 1361 and some particulars of importance which took place in Bahrain during the year. It includes text, photographic images, graphs and tables. The report appears to be compiled from reports from various Government departments and officials. An Index appears on folio 204r, followed by a General Review by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated June 1942 (folio 205).
The contents are divided into the following sections and sub-sections:
- Budget 1360 (folio 206r);
- Summary of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207r);
- Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 1357 (folio 207v);
- Notes on Revenue 1357 (folio 208r);
- Notes on Expenditure 1357 (folios 208r-209r): Public Works, Hospitals, Police Married Quarters, Fort Jail Yard, Manamah Police Station, Technical School, Bridge Approaches and Buildings, Manamah Palace, Muharraq Sea Road, Budeya Garden, Kozabia Bungalow (leased to the Assistant 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. ), Cattle Sheds, Land Department Office and Adviserate, Maintenance of Roads, Upkeep of Government Buildings;
- Reserve Fund (folios 209r-209v);
- The Manamah Muharraq Bridge (folios 209v-210v);
- Pearl Industry (folios 210v-212r);
- Police and Public Security (folios 212r-213r): Strength, Routine, Jail, Muharraq Police Station, Duties, Public Security, List of Police Prosecutions in the Bahrain Court 1360, and List of Police Prosecutions in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Court During 1360;
- Public Health (folios 213r-218v): Out-patients, In-Patients, Major Operations, Minor Operations, Injections, Vaccinations, Laboratory, Anaesthetics, The dispensaries, The Police, The schools, Anti-Malaria Measures (Chief results of anti-malarial work in 1360, Special Schemes, Propaganda), Air Raid Precautions, Statistic of Bahrain Government Hospital and Dispensaries for Year 1360, Predominating Male Outpatient Diseases 1360, Summary Results of Treatment of Male In-Patients 1360, Bahrain Government Hospital Female Side 1360, Major Operations, Male Dispensary Statistics, Laboratory Results, Women's Dispensaries Showing Predominating Diseases, Total Number of Deliveries 1360, The Police, and The Matron's Report;
- Land Registration Department (folio 219r);
- Judicial Department (folios 219r-219v): The Bahrain Courts, Shara [Sharia] Courts, Majlis Tijara [Majlis Tijārah], and Appeal Courts;
- Manamah Municipality (folios 219v-220r);
- Muharraq Municipality (folio 220r);
- Shia Wakf [Waqf] Department (folio 220r);
- Education (folios 220r-222r): Government Boys' Schools, Government Girls' Schools, and The Technical School (Report by Mr G E Hutchings, Principal of the School);
- Minors Department (folio 222r);
- Agriculture (folio 222v);
- Passport Department (folio 222v);
- Price Control (folio 223r);
- State Engineer's Department (folios 223r-224v): Electricity, Wiring Contracts, Mains Extension, Air Conditioning, Continuity of Supply, Financial Position, Electricity Charges, Prospecrs for 1361, Telephones, Transport Department, Fire Section, Traffic Section, Oil Royalty and Government Inspection, Financial Position, General (Anti-Malaria Campaign, Manamah-Muharraq Swing Bridge, and Staff;
- Bahrain Electric Supply (folios 225r-231r): Statement of energy generated, sold, etc., Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Load Revenue Curve 1359, and Load Revenue Curve 1360;
- Oil Gauging (folios 229r-230r): Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1940 and Graph showing Field Production and Crude Oil Imports 1941;
- Customs Department, report for the year 1360 by Mr C C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer (folios 231v-235r);
- Budget 1361 (folios 235v-236v): Notes on Revenue and Notes on Expenditure.
Illustrations appear on one folio and they are labelled as follows:
- Folio 211: 'Manamah-Muharraq Bridge', 'The Bridge open for water traffic', and 'Bridge Head and Toll House'.
On folio 236v there is an inscription that reads 'The Times of India Press, Bombay'. Handwritten annotations and corrections are present (for example, folio 222v)
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (35 folios)
- Arrangement
This file contains an index (folio 204r) which references pages of the report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Folios 202-237.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)'
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- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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