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'File 19/163 I (C 33) Bin Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain. Nejdi Agent's activities in Bahrain' [59r] (123/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (201 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1923-31 Jul 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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No #288/353/604.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,Bahrain,
Dated 29th September 1923
To
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The Hon*tie 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.
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in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
^B U S K I R 1.
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MEMORANDUM.
A Bahrain! named Haji Ahmad bin Muhammad Ali Khaiyat
has filed a suit in the Joint Court for recovery of a house in Qatif-
has replied
The Amir of Qatif /that the house was the property of one Mansur bin
S<U^
OubttJ bin Juma* ,nov/ deceased,and that the latter was owed a sum of nuc
money by the Plaintiff for which the house was mortgaged.On the other'
hand,the heirs of the late Mansur are some of them here in Bahrain,fcs.:
and state that they have no desire whatever to hold the house for the
debt .The real facts are that the Sultan of Nejd seized all the
property of Mansur bin S (I imagine there must be a file on the
matter in the
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.
records,or among the files transferred re
cently from Baghdad.),and among the papers found^the Sanad from the
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present Plaintiff and used it as an excuse to seize the house in
question.The heirs of Mansur some months back petitioned the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,London,for redress.I write to
ask whether tt is advisable to c!o anything in the matter or whether a
reply should be given to the Plaintiff that he must fight his own
case in (^atif.
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Maj orfl .A.,
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.
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This file contains documents regarding relations between the British, Bin Saud and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa between 1923 and 1931.
The documents discuss the Persian-Nejdi violence that occurred in Bahrain in 1923, the activities and expulsion of Bin Saud's agent in Bahrain (Abdullah Al Qusaibi), the resistance to reform of Sunni tribes in Bahrain and the arrival in Bahrain of Shia refugees from Qateef.
The file contains correspondence regarding the status of Shia communities in Hasa and Qateef and whether or not they are Baharna and thus fall under British protection or not.
The file also contains correspondence between Bin Saud and the British and petitions to British authorities from the Shia community in Qateef.
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- 1 volume (201 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on first page of the volume and continues to the last page of writing. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An additional foliation sequence, also in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , starts with 1A, 1B on f.1. The two numbers converge at 57-60 and only one set of number is present from f.61 to f. f.121. Two sets of numbers again appear from f.122 to end. The following foliation errors occur: f.1 is followed by f.1A, f.25 is followed by f.25A, f.111 is followed by f.111A. f.112 is contained in an envelope on f.111.
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- IOR/R/15/1/334
- Title
- 'File 19/163 I (C 33) Bin Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain. Nejdi Agent's activities in Bahrain'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1, 1, 1ar:1av, 2r:3v, 5r:20v, 25r:25v, 25ar:25av, 26r:39v, 40v:84v, 90v:105v, 109v:111v, 113v, 114v:192r, 193r:201v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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