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'File 31/8 1 b/7. AL KHALIFAH PROPERTY IN BAHRAIN. (Municipal Meat Market and Slaughter House)' [‎46r] (92/415)

The record is made up of 1 file (207 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1931-7 Jun 1941. 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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Xanci belongix^ to the AX Khali fab can oaXy be aoXci to a
member of the AX Kbalifalu Fmd ly# The reason for eetabXio*
ing ouatcoi wao to prevent the AX KhaXlfah graduaXly diopoo-
ing of their property to rich men and prevent them from
losing their properties so that they would become landless.
This undoubtedly will not be allowed and they,after some tt*
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time 9 will realise the good results of this action. 1, howeve
fish to add one thing more to tills, namely that whenever
one is hardly in need and has an open land of which he does
net get my benefit and wants to sell it so that he may be
able tr get some other tiling with its price of which ho
expects to get more benefit, he may write a letter to the
Qovermmmt \i/feo will appoint some people to consider the
question. After they submit their report the GovoxYiue^t
should either purchase the land from hla f or ofler the sale
of tl%e &*tm to the Ruling Family or allow him to sell it
himself. That if they want to sell a lemde l property of
which they get a very small income and replace it with some
other property out of which they expect to get a better
income 9 tiiey should apply to the Goverament to inspect the
same and th«in if the Govemnont considert after giving due
consideration to these two points which are in their interest
that it would be suiUddLe to do so allow them to do it#
excepti'ig the two cases for which Ij^ave already given
permission namely tlie sale done by try brother bhaikh
* bdullah to h.ii.'Abdul 'tiziz al ^usaibi and that of the

sale done by shaikh Khalifah bln caiman to Yusuf i' khrUfln
which cases the sale may be allowed to take place, because
they have already lw.1 ray pemisuicn. If you appro ve of toy
prcp:?©als f tire Goversroent way itsue an • Alantnoticc) so
that thoy-asy-ae* huling F^ily may not be cheated in their
pro erty end that the sale should be actors; the hilling Ftciily,
4. I also wont to remind your Honour of what I had
mentioned to you verbally t tnat 1 thought fit that we the
descendants of shaikh 'Isa namely iny«*Gelf, my eons, ray

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The file begins with a letter and note from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, to the British 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, explaining the issue concerning disputes over landownership in Bahrain based on the practice of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of giving out scraps of paper granting ownership to members of the Ruling Family. The rest of the file consists mainly of Arabic transcripts and English translations of letters relating to these uncertainties over land ownership. Also included in the correspondence is discussion of the practicalities of appointing an agricultural expert and an entomological specialist for Bahrain.

The main correspondents are 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; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain.

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1 file (207 folios)
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File papers are arranged more or less chronologically from the front to the back of the file. They are followed by file notes (folios 178-206).

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-178; these numbers are written in pencil and red crayon, but are not circled.

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