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File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [‎30r] (70/382)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1924-11 Sep 1931. 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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set aside (xovemment title deeds h.e. Sdaikti iiamed
adderes to tde policy of never cancelling a title deed
wtien once it tias teen signed after tne proclamation aas
deen is^oed calling tor claims on ttie property# rtie
value and tde intergrity of tde wtiole system depends
upon tdis and since tde immutability of governmait
title deeds das now "been established tdeir value is
thoroughly appreciated dy tde pud lie.
There das deen an increase in tde numder of
applicants wdo aat claim am owndersdip dy right of
occupancy tor over 13 years and a large proportion of
their applications have deen registered.
The right dy occupancy can only be claimed if the
applicant can prove that he lived on tde ground, with
out paying rent and without vacating it, for ten years
from 1336 so each year tde period increases.
Land Set t lemen t. (Land ^Registration and Settlement
total expenditure Es .21,355/10/-).
The tsot towns of Muharrak and nedd were surveyed
during the year, tde various sheets which include the
Muharrak survey have deen reduced to tde scale of 2QQ , x
l* and a map of the town das deen made similar to tde
map of Manamah.
The villages of Saar, uraaz, q,arriyah, Tanadiah,
Beni Jamra, Markh^ damalah and Damistan, on Manamah
i.
island, have deen surveyed.
The records of rights of these villages has not yet
deen prepared as the question of plots of cultivation in
the possession of tde Shili fellahin Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. of tde villages,
which are claimed dy members of tde Kuling family, has
not yet deen decided. Last year when the village ol
Bardar was surveyed Shaikh Mohmed din Isa al-Khalil ah
claimed that all gardens in the district ter which the
owners held no documents were his by right ot a gitt
paper in which Shaikh Isa din Ali girted him the
district

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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to the finances of the Bahrain state. The papers cover a number of matters, including the appointment and retention of Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave as Financial Adviser in Bahrain, annual budgets and reports, and the economic situation in the country more generally. Correspondence is between officials at 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. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Belgrave himself.

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1 volume (187 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; 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 between ff 3-72, and between ff 93-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [‎30r] (70/382), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1044, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060797523.0x000047> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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