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PZ 4718/1934 ‘Historical Memorandum on Bahrein.’ [5v] (10/48)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 14 Jul 1934. 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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8
Bombay
Political
letter dated
2.7.1825.
Abstract.
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26. During the first two years of this period the islands
acknowledged the supremacy of and, for a time, paid tribute
to Muscat/ From 1822 to 1829 they were intermittently nt
feud with Muscat. In 1829 a treaty was concluded by
which Muscat withdrew its claims to supremacy and to
tribute. The Persian claim was alluded to in 1822 and 18t-5
but not pressed.
27. In the course of 1830-31 the Sheikhs, His Majesty s
Government hawing refused to intervene in their favour,
and fearing a combination between the Amir and Muscat,
formally submitted to the Wahabi Amir of the Arab mainland.
They agreed to acknowledge the Amir’s supremacy and to
pay a tribute to him. He on his part undertook to protect
Lor. 1,856-7. Bahrein against external aggression. In 1833, however,
the Sheikh felt strong enough to repudiate Wahabi supremacy,
and he conducted a not unsuccessful offensive against the
Wahabis betw r een 1833 and 1835.
Bahrein and the British Government.
28. Sheikh Khalifah-bin-Salman, who had been joint
Lor. I, iii, ruler with his uncle Sheikh Abdulla since the death of
Table 9. Sheikh Salman in 1825, died in 1834, and was succeeded
as joint ruler by his son Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifah.
Effective control continued to rest ’with Sheikh Abdullah.
Internal dissension in the ruling family became more
marked between 1834 and 1839, and the misgovernment
of the island continued to grow with unfortunate effects on
its prosperity. His Majesty’s Government, although in 1834
they had to take forcible measures against the Sheikh to
secure reparation for an insult to their
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.
Agent
in Bahrein, were, however, content to abstain from any
interference in the internal affairs of Bahrein so long as the
Sheikhs discharged the obligations undertaken by their
Treaty of 1820.
Restrictive Line applied to Bahrein, 1836.
29. In 1835 the British Government renewed the
maritime truce which they had imposed in 1820 on the
Arab rulers of the Gulf in the interest of the suppression
of piracy, ihe Sheikh of Bahrein was not. hnwAVAr InnlnriaU
V.—1830-40.
Bahrein and the Wahabis, 1830-35.
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The file consists of an 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. Historical Memorandum on Bahrein [Bahrain] by John Gilbert Laithwaite, dated 14 July 1924. The memorandum is primarily concerned with the history of Bahrein from the point of view of the political status of the islands, and in particular with the claims to sovereignty over them put forward by Persia [Iran] since 1783, and with the correspondence and discussions which have taken place in connection with such claims.
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The memorandum is arranged into titled sections of text, and it includes an index page at the start, which outlines the main sections and the corresponding paragraph and page numbers.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
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- PZ 4718/1934 ‘Historical Memorandum on Bahrein.’
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