'File 1/15 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- DOWASIR tribe & their removal from Bahrain' [12r] (28/340)
The record is made up of 1 volume (165 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1922-26 May 1928. 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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OONPIDiSHTIAI.
Mo. 52?-S of 1922.
British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
and Consulate-General,
Bushire, 16th July 1922.
From
The Hobble Lieut-Col. A.P.Trevor, C.S. I. ,C.I.E.,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To
D. de 3. Bray, Esqr., C.S.I.,C.I.E.,C.B.E.,
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department,
SIMLA.
REFORMS IH BAHRAIN.
Sir,
With reference to the telegram No. 915-S dated
10th July 1922, on the subject of the proposed reforms
in Bahrain, I have the honour to submit for the inform-
0
ation of the Government of India a copy of a letter from
— * the
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.
,
No.lll/C dated 13th July 1922.0
" -—— Bahrain on the subject.
2. In this letter Major Daly gives all available in
formation about the visit of the Sheikh of the DBwasir
to Bin Saud except its date and I am making further
enquiries about this. When Bin Saud was at Hasa the
Sheikh of Qatar went to see him and some of the Trucial
Coast Sheikhs sent presents. In the correspondence
regarding the destruction of a tower at Ajraan in 192#
I reported that the Sheikh of that place had sent a
deputation. Bin Saud in fact is the roost imposing per
sonality among the Arabs of these parts and all the petty
Sheikhs and tribes of the coast like to keep in with him
as far as possible. Most of the Sheikhs on the Truoial
Coast fear the Akhwan and abhor their tenets but deem
it advisable to make friends with the mammon of unright
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The file concerns the removal of the Dowasir [Dawāsir] (also spelled Dawasir) tribe from Bahrain following disturbances between the Dowasir and other Bahraini communities.
The correspondence is mainly between the 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. , Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Other correspondents include Shaikh Hamad, Deputy Ruler of Bahrain [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser the Government of Bahrain; Bin Saud, Sultan of Nejd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]; and British naval commanders in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Enclosures to correspondence from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to the 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. , Bahrain include copies of correspondence with the Government of India and the rulers of Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
The papers covers the following:
- reports from the 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. , Bahrain;
- relations between the (Sunni) Dowasir and Bahraini Shiahs (also referred to as Baharnah);
- reported aggression by the Dowasir against Baharnah, June 1923;
- involvement of Bin Saud;
- confiscation and sale of property belonging to the Dowasir by the Government of Bahrain;
- departure of two thirds of the tribe to the island of Raka, October 1923;
- the Dowasir reported to have gone to Dammam [Dammām], November 1923;
- involvement of the Royal Navy, November 1923;
- the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad bin Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] agrees to deny the Dowasir entry to Kuwait, November 1923;
- involvement of Shaikh Hamad of Bahrain;
- the Dowasir and pearl diving;
- terms for the readmission of the Dowasir to Bahrain, and return of their property, 1927.
The Arabic content of the file consists of approximately twenty letters (with translations) between British officials and local rulers, including Shaikh Hamad of Bahrain and Bin Saud.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (165 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are filed in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after the relevant covering letter.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 167; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 7-161; these numbers are written mostly in crayon, with a few written in pencil, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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