File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal' [80r] (164/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1924-16 Sep 1931. 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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CQNffll&NTIAL
The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrein
26t]i January 1930.
ho•10-C
From
Captain C.C.Prior, I.A.,
Poliuical Agent, Bahrein.
To
me Hon*ole Lt.Colonel K.V.Biscoe,
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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
I have the honour to say that after considerable
aelay 1 received a reply from the Amir of Qatif saying that he
would oe glad to see me as arranged, and that my letter had
been delayed four days by the launch that took it being
stranded on a reef.
' L ai *rived in the afternoon and was received by the
orother ol the Amir and Abdullah qusaibi in the Amir 1 s launch,
the water being too shallow for my launch to approach the
pxer. Tne Amir met me at the door of his house and took me
to my rooms. Je. talked for some time, but being unable to shake
oxx Abdullah qusaioi I went for a drive to Dammam and Seihat.
ihe former, far from being the ruin mentioned in the handbook
of Arabia, contains some 500 members of the Dowasir tribe,
lately ol Budaiyya in Bahrain, and Seihat is a large town of
some 1500 inhabitants, all Bahama by origin.
^ was unable to shake off the persistent Abdullah
Q,usaibi till the second day, and then discussed the question
of the x-ersians who had been fired on while collecting stones
at a reef near Dammam. He told me that he was still making
investigations, and that if he discovered who the culprits
were, he would make an example of them. The ineffable Abdullah
qusaibi now interrupted us again, and I went for a drive to
the northern end of the Oasis,
Amir spent the afternoon with me and I discussed
tue question of the Bahama fully. I told him that the Uejdis
in Bahrein had a privile^ged position and mentioned that we
expected good treatment for all genuine Bahama in qatif, and
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Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and draft papers relating to the internal affairs of Bahrain. The papers are mostly copies exchanged 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. , Foreign Office, and Colonial Office, and forms part of the interdepartmental discussion of matters such as: petitions to the British Government by the Baharnah community in Bahrain complaining about oppression by the Bahrain Government; Wahhabi influence in Bahrain and the protests of the Dowasir tribe over British-backed reforms in the country; the poor treatment of the Baharnah in Qatif by the authorities there; and Shaikh Isa bin Ali's memorial to the Government of India following his removal as the ruler of Bahrain.
Correspondence included as enclosures is mostly between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , the British Legation in Jedda, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], and his legal representatives, Bhaishanker Kanga and Girdharilal.
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- 1 volume (304 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 306; 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 present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:149v, 150v:161r, 162v:190v, 193r:197v, 199r:202v, 210r:213v, 216r:218v, 221r:223v, 226r:230r, 232v:233v, 235r:239v, 241r:263r, 264r:264v, 273r:292v, 294r:298r, 300r:305v, back-i
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