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File D Bahrain Affairs

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/19-23

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This record is about the File D Bahrain Affairs dating from 1905-1921.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/19-23
Title
File D Bahrain Affairs
Date
1905-1921
Description

Each of the five Bahrain Affairs files covers a separate topic relating to matters of internal administration; four of them relate directly to the Ruler of Bahrain or members of his immediate family. The subjects covered are as follows:. the banishment from Bahrain in 1905 of the Governor of Manama, Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed Al Khalifah, nephew of the Ruler of Bahrain (Sheikh 'Īsá bin 'Alī Āl Khalīfah), his resoration, and subsequent life; the establishment and operation of the wireless telegraph station in Bahrain, 1902-1917; a dispute between the Ruler of Najd and dependencies ('Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd [Ibn Sa'ūd]) and the Ruler of Bahrain (Sheikh 'Īsá bin 'Alī Āl Khalīfah) over customs duty on goods landed at Bahrain in transit to the mainland, 1920-1921; arrangements for a visit by Sheikh Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah, eldest son of of the Ruler of Bahrain (Sheikh 'Īsá bin 'Alī Āl Khalīfah) to India, 1920-1921; and. ; allegations of oppressive treatment of members of the Shiah community in Bahrain by members of the Āl Khalīfah family, in particular Sheikh 'Abdullāh bin 'Īsá Āl Khalīfah, 1920.

Arrangement

The Bahrain Affairs files are arranged by file number, according to which, for instance, the file reference D/8 consists of the subject reference D (Bahrain (Internal) Affairs) and the file number 8. The numbers of the surviving five files: 8, 10, 19, 23, 24 show the likely gaps in the records.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
5 files (637 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c18aadfe-487f-484c-9c02-48224eca67ab/

Series information

IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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File D Bahrain Affairs