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'File 6/12 Waqaf [Waqf] Department, its formation' [73r] (145/176)
The record is made up of 1 file (86 folios). It was created in 3 Aug 1927-22 May 1939. 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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I mentioned to you in conversation the fact that the
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Shi*ah Waqf Committee here had been elected and you asked for .
some account of the procedure*
2. The Adviser, Mr*C*D*Belgrave, writes as follows:-
‘ ♦ The idea of a regular election by voting is by no means
a new one in Bahrain, though 1 an unable to find any
instance of it having occurred before about eight years
ao*o* The previous method by which the public expressed
their opinion was by signed petitions which were
submitted to the government, but as most of the Shi * ah
oonulation and a large proportion of the Sunni population
are illiterate, this system was not satisfactory and a
few years ago a proclamation was issued which forbade
the writing of public petitions* Before they were *
forbidden, intelligent mischief makers used to hawk round
a petition and obtain sometimes thousands of signatures,
but as the signatures in most cases consisted of thumb
marks with the name of the alleged petitioner written
over the thimb mark by the organiser, they were most
unreliable*
Systematical voting takes place wh&n the Municipal
councils are elected, the municipalities have lists of
voters and issue voting slips which are signed ;md
dropned into ballot boxes in various parts of the town,
after they are counted by the President of the council* j
In Manamah, especially, there is great keenness over the i
municipal elections and comparatively large suns of I
money are spent by would-be members in encouraging people
to vote for them* The term of the present council
expires shortly and an election in fanamah is due almost
atones•
An election was held some years ago in connection
with the appointment of a new Shi*ah Qadhi, there were
several suitable candidates and in order to ascertain
the opinion of the Shi* ah public the principal men of I
each village came in and recorded a vote for one or otherl
of the candidates*
Before the re-organisation of the education
department the education committee was elected by voting*j
In the case of the Waqf committee last year, I
myself supervised the elections* On given days I visite<
a certain village, after notifying the people of the
villages in the neighbourhood* All the men collected
and each man was issued with a slip ox paper* Two
clerks stood a little way from the crowd and each man
went up
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The file consists of correspondence relating to the administration of Waqf property in Bahrain. Waqf property is that given by dedication to Muslim religious or charitable purposes. The file covers various matters, including:
- reforms of the administration of waqf property, including the formation of a committee to oversee the administration of Shia [Shī‘ah] holdings;
- the legal definitions surrounding waqf property, with the Awqaf Administration Law of Iraq used as a guide;
- the question of who will oversee the administration of Persian waqf property;
- the tracing of title deeds relating to waqf properties;
- the elections of the Shia Waqf Committee, including the result for the year 1939 (folio 83).
The correspondence is between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, members of the Waqf committees, Shaikh Hamad of Bahrain [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], 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. , the High Commissioner for Iraq, and 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. in Muscat.
Folios 85-87 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (86 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 88; 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 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1219
- Title
- 'File 6/12 Waqaf [Waqf] Department, its formation'
- Pages
- 3r:4v, 17r, 28r, 30r, 32r, 36r, 40r, 41r, 43r, 65r:66r, 68r, 70r:74r, 76r, 79r, 83r:83v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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