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'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession' [93r] (187/210)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 9 Dec 1932-26 Mar 1942. 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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5* It bad 1>«aQ 6*p9ct®<i tha't when Shaikh ;ia;aa(i dlad
the succession would be disputed. In fact, however, ShaiKh
Salman assumed the reins of govemunent with the unanimous
consent of the Khallfah family and without objection on the
part of any class of his subjects. Tha t.i*audi«ion from
one rule to another has. Indeed, been so peaceful, so free
from the displays of partisan spirit which normally mark
such occasions in Arab Shaikhdoms, that it may be of interest
t.o record in some detail the steps by *iich It was accom
plished.
6„ On the evening of February 19th, while Shaikh
Hamad was still lying in a state of c oma. Shaikh Abdullah
paid a private visit to Shaikh Salman. ShaiWi Abdullah,
it will be recalled, is the younger of Shaikh Salman's
two uncles and had been commonly regarded as Shaikh Sal
man's most dsngerous rival In a disputed succession.
Shaikh Abdullah, in the course of his interview with Shalich
Salman, urged that he. Shaikh Salman, should succeed Shaikh
Tiomori if Shaikh Hanad did not recover from his stroke?
and he promised his full support to Shaikh Salman. After
discussion Shaikh Salman agreed to take his father's place
on condition that all the family supported him. It la
not known whether Shaikh Mohammad (Shaikh Salman's elder
uncle) was privy to Shaikh Abdullah's overtures before they
were made, but immediately after Shaikh Hamad's death,
when the family collected at Rumaitha, Shaikhs Mohammad
and Abdullah took Shaikh Salman aside and told ha/n that,
they regarded him as the natural successor of Shaikh Hama-l
and that they would support him loyally in the same way
aa they had supported his father. The three Shaikhs then
rejoined the other members of the family who were present
and Mohammad, announcing that Shaikh Salman would
succeed Shaikh Hamad, asked whether any one had any objection
/ The
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The documents contained in this file relate to issues regarding succession in Bahrain after the death of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa in 1932 and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in 1942.
The file contains detailed discussions of the personality of Shaikh Hamad as well as assessments of the character of Hamad's three most-likely successors, his uncle Shaikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Khalifa and two of Hamad's sons, Salman and Abdullah.
The succession of Salman as Hamad's successor is discussed in detail and a report regarding the circumstances of Hamad's death (from a stroke) is also contained.
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- 1 file (103 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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Loose, unbound sheets in a file. Foliation - circled pencil numbers on the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page - starts on the front cover of the file and continues until the inside cover. The file has an inconsistent foliation system in uncircled pencil numbers also on the top right-hand corner of each front-facing page. Foliation errors: 9A and 9B
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- IOR/R/15/1/368
- Title
- 'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9ar:9av, 10r:76v, 86r:103v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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