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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎320r] (27/164)

The record is made up of 1 item (83 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1919-12 Aug 1920. 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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List of Notables who do not call on 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. , Bahrain.
1. Shaikh Abdul Latif bin Sa’ad, Imam of the great mosque, Manamah.
2. Shaikh Ali (brother) pro-Turk. Influential Aalim, smaller Imam of a
mosque.
3. Shaikh Hussian Musharraf, pro-Turk.
4. Mubarak al Padhil.
5. His son Khamis.
6. Shaikh Ahmad bin Mehza. Was going to be deported 1904-05.
7. Shaikh Khalid bin Ali al Khalifah, brother of Shaikh ’ Isa. Lives in
Bafa’a, Old.
8. Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah al Khalifah. Lives in Bafa’a, well-read
pro-Turk.
■9. Shaikh Bashid bin Muhammad al Khalifah, cousin of Shaikh Isa.
10. Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad al Khalifah. On bad terms with
Shaikh.
11. Ali bin Abdullah, Shaikh ’ Isa’s financial agent, influential (came once),
ill-disposed.
12. Shaikh Abdul Wahhab bin Hajji Zaiyani, pro-Turk (came once).
13. Shaikh ’ Isa bin Bashid, bigoted Aalim, Imam of Jummah, Muharraq.
14. Shaikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Qazi of al Hidd.
5. Action proposed to improve on the situation, (a). To meet and defeat
'these various difficulties, an energetic and open handed policy is immediately
imperative. Bor in my opinion with so much cheap sentimentality at large
in the world to-day, diue to catch phrases used for political purposes both
during the world war and throughout the period of the Armistice, men’s minds,
especially those of orientals, are apt to fasten on unrealities rather than on
the facts of the outcome of the world conflagration. These ephemeral ideas
are greedily fastened on to by the astute Arab mind and especially by those
unfriendly to us, and if British prestige is not to suffer, I submit a change of
manner in dealing with these people is essential. And the primary duty of a
Political Officer in these serious times is to break away from the fetters of the
past and enter a wider and freer sphere of political thought lest British domina
tion or control appear weak-kneed and sentimental. Added to this the general
upset due to the war, the doubts and uncertainties, propaganda and dislocation
of trade with its necessary hardship necessitates infusing energy and wideness
of vision into our work in order to lead minds unbalanced by recent events into
same channels.
(6) A closer touch with individuals, who have the least influence in
educating public opinion, with the closest possible study of their indiv^uahty
and especially, if hostile, their reasons for hostility. The Political Officer must
be the doctor of his charge and know accurately the medmine required for each
of his patients. It is impossible for the senior political officers to bare leisure
to do this except in the case of men of real importance, but so well should t ey
be sured by their junior lieutenants that the exact tune and mentality of any
particular pface can be clearly and accurately sounded. I must be Pardoned
if I appear to generalize, I am writing a note on Bahrein and the mainlan
under P i P t (in a 8 junior sense) and I purposely write at length so that one s
superior officers may themselves feel the atmosphere as I feel it, and as
about to ask for support, to give my fullest reasoning. I have started, there
fore, a list of every important and fairly important personage lu ' e P ac ®-
I intend to meet them frequently to study them mdmdually. A short visrt of
a few hours may easily change an enemy into a friend. I need not emphasise
this asp^ct of po^ticsl dealing that gained an Empire a
has ereatlv fallen into disuse to our disavantage, .mainly through pressure
of olceTork To the above end I have set apart four days in -ch week or
calling purposes. The hours selected are from 6-30 p m. to 7 p.m. between
sunset prayer and the Arab’s dinner hour.
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This part contains papers relating to the visit of Mission (deputation) from Bahrein [Bahrain] to the United Kingdom in 1919. It includes correspondence regarding the reception of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein, and Abdullah’s son Muhammad-bin-Abdulla by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, on 6 August 1919.

Much of the correspondence also relates to the reception of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah by Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for India, on 1 September 1919, and a subsequent letter from Abdullah to Hirtzel, in which Abdullah states that he has been instructed by his father to make four proposals to the British Government regarding Bahrein, and the response of the British Government to these proposals.

The main correspondents include: 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. ; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (‘Political, Baghdad’); Shaikh Sir Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain; 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. , Bahrain; the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Deputy 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The part includes a letter in Arabic from Sir Isa bin Ali al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, to King George V (folios 385 and 386), which has been translated into English.

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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’ [‎320r] (27/164), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/850/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074780349.0x000033> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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