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'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [176r] (362/426)
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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Beve.ue of the State i.e. the Customs receipts, & as such .re
State property which,i„ the ordinary course of eve.ts would t. in
herited by Shaik Wd. Shaik H^ad is apprehensive lest Shailc I S a
cut of spite to him should gift or otherwise dispose of these
properties.Ha would probably give them to his wif. The properties
mentioned below are i* aduitiou to large estates which Shaik Isa
has , llowed his wife to manage & which were similarly ac^irefi,
state Revenues & which that lady still possesses.
Statement of Properties (Date garden) now in the possession of
Sliaik Isa with the rents they produced during the last season.
Siiiiiat Kaai Ks 12,000.
Bilad A1 g.qdim p s io,000.
Tuoli (Hei.t ia kiiid v/ortli) Rs 7,000,
Jia T Ali ( ditto) r s /1350.
3a.diyat Ghazfc.1 (ditto) R q 1750.
Ab *.1 Aruq (ditto) R s 1900.
rent of Lucerne gardens
situated amoiag the above. Rs 5748.
Rs 40,048.
I understand from Shaik Hamad that this in no wise repres nts all
^j^iic Isa's receipts as there are a number of smaller gardens the
details of the rents of which'he could not ascertain at so short
notice. The rents of the properties owned by his wife(apart from •
certain properties she owned i„ her own rights) probably amoui.ts
to as much again . In addition,as explained in my Ho I07/C out-
f
standiHg debts of Shaik Isa amou^tijig to aoarly a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
were paid off by the state after his abdication,
c / } r
*3
In conclusion^I would remark ( that any information solicitors
may receive from Abdul rfahab 2aya >a in Bombay, is almost certain
^o oe as ii/accurste as o.ie .ormer stateh.e^its made by that i^divii."-^,
y\ $ 1^1 «-rvv< ^ ^ ttr-i 3 tsi. //t«< 4 cbtx. ^ ■ K " t ^
v. ^ ^ dlUr^C " ^
Ilajor. Political A^ent.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- '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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