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File 31 Al Khalifa Family

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/801-813

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This record is about the File 31 Al Khalifa Family dating from 1931-1950.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/801-813
Title
File 31 Al Khalifa Family
Date
1931-1950
Description

The Al Khalifah subject files from 1931 contain correspondence and other papers relating to the Al Khalifah ruling family of Bahrain. The principal correspondents across these files are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-colonel Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle; Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly; Captain Tom Hickinbotham); and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). Subjects covered by the files include:. the recognition of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah as Ruler of Bahrain (IOR/R/15/2/801); the appointment of the heir apparent to Shaikh Hamad (IOR/R/15/2/802); the health and death of Shaikh Hamad and succession of a new Ruler (IOR/R/15/2/805); the education of younger members of the Al Khalifah (IOR/R/15/2/804); land tenure in Bahrain and Al Khalifah property (IOR/R/15/2/806 and IOR/R/15/2/807)

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
13 files (932 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d0dc1435-c9b0-496c-b768-1c3f35b59c0d/

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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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File 31 Al Khalifa Family