'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [4r] (22/426)
The record is made up of 1 file (208 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1924-13 Aug 1925. 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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Copy of No 1/775 - fl . aatoa 12/12/23
Pram J.K.B, Hot son •cigq,
iocratf ry t« the Governmtnt of Bombay,
Political Bepartntnt.
'J-'o The Political ^gont Btthrain.
Subject- -Deportation of Abdul Wahab ^ayani & others.
^ir,
With reference to my telegram No I775-B dated 15th November,!
am directed by the Governor of Bombay in Council to state that on a
petition "rom iibdul "ahab 2iayaniia copy of which is enclosed) that he
v.as wrongly detained by the Commissioner of police Bombay, the High
Court of Bombay granted a rule calling upon the Commissioner of Police
tfomljay to produce the petitioner on 7th inst«nt and to shew cause
why he should not be set at liberty.Onhi3 production the High Court
passed orders to the offoet that t *t petitioner should be at liberty
to reside anywhere in Bombay.Poona .Matheran, Mahabloshwar or Nasik in
the Bombay
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
,that the rule should be he? rd on 15th January
1924 & that the affidavit of th- Police Commissioner Bombay should be
furnished to the petitiener before the 5th January 192.,
?, In the case o " Ali bin ]Chajid,the commissioner of Police
received a warrant from you d^ted 29th October 1923,directing him to
receive Ali T Hn Khalid in custody ^ to carry anrtxfcfar into execution
in a ^ordance ith the instructions of the (Jovernmant of India,the
sentence of banishment for life passed by the court of the Huler of
Bahrain. N© such warrant has be^n received in the case of Abdul
-ahab iiayani & Ahmad bin LaheJ(the latter of whom has been sent to
Ahmednagar in this
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
with Ali bin IChalid ) & I am to request
"hat you will be so good is to send similar warrants or proper nctiarr
authority in som? other form to Bombay before the 5th January.
I have the honour to be
Sir.
^our most ooedient servant
loigned) J.ttotson.
Secretary to the Grovernmont 0
of Bombay
Political .uopartment.
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File includes correspondence related to a number of topics including a request to the Governor General of Sudan for a copy of Sudan's Penal Code, correspondence between Abdul Wahab Zayani (Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa’s Attorney in exile in Bombay) and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, reports of Sunni violence against the Shia community in Bahrain, discussion regarding the need for a levy corps in Bahrain, discussion on where and how Shaikh Hamad bin Isa’s younger children should be educated, correspondence between Bushire, Bahrain and the Government of India regarding the extent of reforms in Bahrain and the nature of Britain’s role in the country.
The movements of an Egyptian journalist (Ahmed Rifaat) in the region are also mentioned as are several other matters in brief. The file also includes a letter from Herbert Samuel, the British High Commissioner in Palestine that reports news that King Hussein had heard about the removal of Isa as ruler and expressed his concern that it could cause unrest.
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- 1 file (208 folios)
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Arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of file to latest at end.
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A bound correspondence file. The volume is foliated from the front cover to back cover, with small uncircled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. Some folios originally missed out have had letters added, e.g. 1a. 1b etc.
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- 'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1br:1ev, 2r:14v, 18r:40v, 46v, 51r:61r, 63r:78v, 80r:80v, 82r:88v, 89v:91v, 91ar:91av, 92r:94v, 97r:119v, 120v:124v, 126r:148v, 149v:165v, 165ar:165av, 166r:167v, 170r:170v, 172r:173v, 173ar:173av, 174r:177v, 180r:188v, 190r:207v, back-i
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