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File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal' [125r] (254/616)
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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concerned they were on the "best of terms, Shaikh Hamad
pretending that the only cause of trouble was the dislike
of the Shias for their O^azi, who was dishonest.
In actual fact they were each suspicious of the
other and ready to take up any quarrel or intrigue
against the other.
On my arrival on my second visit the Shaikh
expressed a desire to see me about two matters. The
first was the Dowasir tribe affair, on which I have
reported separately, the second Shaikh Khallaf. He
produced a petition, with apparently hundreds of
signatures, in which the Shia community protested against
the rapacity and injustice of their Q,azi ana requested
that a second ^azi, whom they named, should also have
cases referred to him.
Shaikh Hamad again suggested that he himself was on
the best of terms with Shaikh Khallaf but there was no
doubt that there was much feeling against him, and he
asked me to get Shaikh Khallaf removed.
Shaikh Khallaf was one of the biggest supporters of
Major Daly, and thus while Shaikh Hamad desired me to
pull the chestnuts out of the fire for him by getting
rid of the Q,azi, my doing so would give colour to a
theory which has been suggested in places that what^v^r
Major Daly did was wrong and that it is a safe game to
play to go against his supporters.
Any such suggestion both 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.
and
were anxious to negative. %
Accordingly I sent for Shaikh Khallaf and told him
that he must get on good ’terms with Shaikh Hamad and
that until circumstances were better I would strongly
advise him to go on a pilgrimage himself. Major
Barrett had'told me that Shaikh Khallaf, confident
that Shaikh Hamad could not do without him, n.,d j-xe
stated to him as one of the solutions of the situation
that
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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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- File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal'
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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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