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File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [24r] (52/200)
The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1933-27 Jul 1933. 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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Police and public security.
what was happening no attempt was made to interfere.
The four uncles buried the girl’s body in the floor of
the house and escaped. It is thought that they are in
hiding in Kattar.
Towards the end of the year a night attack was made
on the house of a Bahrani in Jed Ali, below Rafaa.
After investigations the Police arrested one Isa bin
Isa alMullah of Pafaa. The victim hovered for some
time between life and death but finally recovered; the
accused was tried and found guilty and sentenced to two
years hard labour and deportation. The convicted man
is a nephew of the notorious Mohomed al Mullah who was
sentenced some years ago to penal servitude in India
together with several other members of a gang of gunmen
who took part in a series of murderous attacks on
Bahrani villages, which were instigated by some of the
Khalifah Shaikhs and who were finally captured after
an unsuccessful attempt to assasinate H. E. Shaikh Hamad.
The attack on Jed Ali was made by several persons but
unfortunately no information was obtained as to the
identity of the other men. In this case none of the
Ruling family v/ere implicated.
Liauor . In my last annual reuort I mentioned that
there was an increase in the illicit manufacture and
sale of liquor. A few years ago drunkenness was almost
unknown in Bahrain but during the last year or two the
habit of drinking liquor has increased very rapidly.
The habit has been introduced by Jews, Iraqis and by
Bahrain subjects who have travelled in !, wet TT countries.
H. E. Shaikh Hamad regards the use of alcohol by his
subjects with extreme abhorrence and he is greatly
concernedbecause severe! of the younger members of his
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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.
The report was submitted by Belgrave to 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. at Bahrain, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forwarded it to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire. The correspondence relating to this process is included in the volume.
The report itself (folios 8-83), submitted in June 1933, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Revenue and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial; Land Registrations; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharraq Municipality; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Audit; Imperial Airways; Press Propaganda; Counterfeit Coins; Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Bahrain Electric Supply; Customs; General; Miscellaneous.
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- 1 volume (96 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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 present in parallel between ff 12-83; these numbers are also written in ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351
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- 6r:83v, 87r:89v
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- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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