This volume contains detailed discussions regarding the proposed British reforms in Bahrain. The documents discuss the attitude of Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa towards the reforms and the role of his sons Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The oppression of the Shia com...
The file contains correspondence regarding the finances of Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the activities of Khalifa bin Hamad (who visited King Faysal in Iraq), Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s desire to expel three tribal individuals from Bahrain, the idea for the formation of a...
File includes correspondence related to a number of topics including a request to the Governor General of Sudan for a copy of Sudan's Penal Code, correspondence between Abdul Wahab Zayani (Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa’s Attorney in exile in Bombay) and the Political Agency in Bahrain, reports of Sunni...
The file contains material regarding a number of topics including the status of Bahrain following the social and economic reforms that were implemented by the British during the preceding years, the geo-strategic rationale behind Britain's interest in maintaining its dominant position in the cou...
File 19/166, 168 (C 25) (1) Nejdis and Persians (2) Mehdi Al Jishi
Scope & Content:
Most of the papers in this file relate to disturbances that broke out between Nejdis (people from the Nejd central region of the Arabian Peninsula) and Persians in Bahrain in 1923. The broader ramifications of the violence as well as its causes are discussed in detail. The file also includes cor...
‘File 19/169 I (C 26) Relations Between Sunnis and Shi'ites in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters that discuss relations between the Sunni and Shia communities in Bahrain. Specifically, the letters discuss a series of attacks on Shia villagers by Sunnis (including members of the Al Khalifa family), the difficulties involved in pressuring Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalif...
A collection of correspondence that primarily relates to agitation that took place in Bahrain between 1935 and 1938. The main topics discussed are the reform of Shia religious courts in Bahrain, the factors involved in the unrest, a brief history of the Baharnah (the Shia community in Bahrain), ...
This file contains correspondence regarding a number of topics including the role of the youth in anti-British agitation in Bahrain, anti-British sentiment in the Arabic-language press, attempts to hire an appropriate official to draw up criminal and penal codes for Bahrain, the suspected anti-B...
The documents contained in this file are correspondence related to the Dowasir tribe. In 1923, approximately half of the members of the Dowasir, a Sunni tribe who had been resident in Bahrain since 1845, left the island and moved to Dammam on the mainland. The documents in this file discuss th...
This file contains correspondence related to the pearling industry of Bahrain and the reforms of the industry that were enacted by the British during the 1920s. The correspondence discusses the status of the industry prior to the reforms, the nature of the relationship between the ship captain...
