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File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)' [‎243v] (492/531)

The record is made up of 1 volume (260 folios). It was created in Nov 1904-Aug 1914. It was written in English and French. 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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I remember the disturbance that took place at the beginning of the month
(Ramzan). On that day I said my asr prayers in the Musjid of Jumaan, in
which the leader is Mullah Sheik Abdul Wahab, son of Mullah Sheikh Jasim.
After prayers I went to my shop and did some writing up to about 10-30
Arabic. Then I went to the fish-market to buy some fish. Before I got there
I saw a crowd of Arabs and asked what was up, and they replied that there
was a row on.
This was near a shop formerly occupied by a Jew named Razal. I forget
who is there cow. I stopped there half an hour and looked on. At first the
Arabs went away and the quarrel was apparently over. There was a large ^
number, 80 or so/ One man, who had been the beginning of the quarrel, was
taken away by the Arabs. He was a mulvallad named Saad bin Khairullah.
I saw them taking him away. I did not see the beginning of the quarrel. I
did not see any other people. After they had gone, I stopped where I was
talking to a bystander whose name I did not know, about the row. While I
was talking I saw some Persians coming along, 8 or 9, of whom I knew 3,
namely, Ramzan, Mahomed Rahim, and one Sadiq. They were running after
the Arabs and wanted to reach Saad bin Khairullah. A man named Saad
Gahtani put himself in front of them and tried to stop them. They declined
and said they were going to have it out with the Arabs of whom there were 8
or 9 still standing about. Saad could not stop rhem, and they got among the
Arabs. I am an Arab myself, but I was not afraid for myself. It was only
those who had quarrelled with them that they wanted, the 8 or 9 who were
waiting there and others who were joining them. I do not know the names
of any of them. I was quite sure that these Persians would recognise me as
an Arab of Kanguni and would not touch me. For that reason I stood
still and watched the tamasha.
They fell upon one another with sticks. I saw no one killed or wounded.
No one was hurt. The row was stopped in about half-an-hour bv one Mahomed
bin Saleh, a servant of Sheikh Hamad. He and Mansur bin Khairullah came
in and separated them and they all dispersed and no one unskilled, wounded, or
hurt. I then went back to my shop and stayed there till half-an-hour before
sunset and then closed and went home.
I know nothing more.
I went to Sheikh Ahmed’s with the other people last Friday (December
2 nd) and gave evidence. They apparently put down what I said. I have not
been anywhere this morning except to the bazaar. On arrival there I was
told to come to you.
No cross-examination.
No. 21.
Mutlaq bin Mubarak, negro, aged 50, states on solemn affirmation:—
I am a khalassi on general service and get work wherever I can. I
hare been about 30 years in and about Bahrein.
I was ordered to come here yesterday. I came and was here till 9 o’clock
Arabic, when I felt ill and went home. I did not ask anybody’s leave. This
morning a servant of the Sheikh’s came and told me to come here and I
came.
. ^ / iav e been here all the month and remember the disturbance at the
beginning of the month. On that day I said my asr prayers in the Mosque
o Jumaan. After prayers I went to the “Sook-el-Maghasis,” the pawnshop
azaar. I went and sat in the shop of Ishaq el Yahudi. I stayed there an
our. All was quiet there, I did not see any row, but while sitting there I
saw some Persians, about 5, 6 , or 7, pass by. They passed by in the
ornnary way. They were not shouting or talking. They went on to the
azaar. 1 do not know any of them, but one of them carried a revolver, and
s ou d know him if I saw him. Although they went by quietly, I particu-
ar y noticed the revolver. I followed them about 20 yards into the halwa
azaar. Ihere they began to beat Arabs. The bazaar was filled with a great
num er of people, Arabs. I did not see them kill any Arabs. I saw two
men s ruck, one on the head, and one on the shoulder, but I did not see them
s ^ 00( ~ t ilere quarter of an hour. I was not afraid of being drawn
mto the quarrel. Thanks to God’s chance, I was not hit myself.

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The volume contains correspondence relating to disturbances in Bahrain and the consequent discussion over administrative changes. The correspondence is mostly between the 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. , the Foreign Office, and the Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the following:

The disturbances centred around attacks on a German man and several Persians by Shaikh Isa's nephew, Ali bin Ahmed, and his followers in late 1904. The papers within the volume cover several matters related to these attacks:

  • the investigation into the details of the attacks;
  • the discussion over what to do about Ali bin Ahmed and his eventual exile;
  • British naval operations to enforce order;
  • Turkish claims that Shaikh Isa believes himself to be a Turkish subject;
  • the discussion over increased administrative intervention in Bahrain, specifically control of customs.
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1 volume (260 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1508 (Bahrain) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/81-83. The volumes are divided into five parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume each, and parts 3, 4, and 5 comprising the third volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 262; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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