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File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal' [‎208r] (420/616)

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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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gliaishanker Kanga & Girdharlal
Solicitors.
Albert Buildings,
Bombay, 5th December 1924.
No. 36 X.
To
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign and Political Department, Delhi ,
Re: Petition on behalf of Sir Shaikh
Isa bin Ali Alkhalifa K.C.I.E.,C.S.I.
Sir,
With reference to the previous correspondence we
have the honour to state that we are forwarding by
Registered Parcel 20 Prints of the Petition of Appeal of
our client Sir Shaikh Isa bin Ali Alkhalifa K.C.I.E.,C.S.I.,
to the Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State for India in
Council with a request that Government will be pleased to
transmit the same in due course.
We are instructed to forward these prints without
waiting for the reply of Government to our clients appli
cation for adequate funds to enable him to meet the
expenses incidental to the Appeal as the time within which
the Appeal should be submitted, will expire very shortly.
In renewing his application for funds, our client hopes
that it will meet a favourable response now that Government
must have been satisfied that they were not correctly
informed that our client was drawing an allowance of
Rs.4000/- per month besides being in possession of State
lands that he accordingly has not and could not have any
means to meet the necessary expenses and that the previous
disinclination of Government to meet his request was due to
misapprehension of the actual position. Our client trusts
that he will be favoured with an early and favourable reply
to his application so as to relieve him of the difficulty
in

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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