File F/1 Correspondence with the Municipalities regarding Judicial Matters
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters, memos, budgetary ledgers primarily on judicial disputes between shopkeepers and the Manama Municipality. The disputes mainly pertain to the non-payment of Municipal Taxes. Few folios refer to disputes between individuals with the Manama Municipality arbitrating.
File F/2 II Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Municipality
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This file contains meeting minutes of the governing board of the Manama municipality, and their translations. Covering letters of the meetings follow a set of Arabic and English transcriptions of the meetings which cover a wide variety of municipal and/or administrative concerns. Some letters fro...
File No. G/1 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with H. E. Shaikh Sir `Isa, his son H. E. Shaikh Hamad and other Shaikhs.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent mainly between Bahrain Political Agents Charles Geoffrey Prior and Percy Gordon Loch respectively, and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa and other Al-Khalifa shaikhs. The letters were regarding visiting one another to discuss state relat...
File No. G/1. II Miscellaneous correspondence with H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa and other members of the ruling family.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent mainly between the Agent in charge at the Political Agency, Bahrain, and members of Al-Khalifa ruling family. The letters were regarding visiting one another to discuss state-related issues. Other letters were sent from both sides to i...
File No. G/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Notables.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the notables of Manama, including, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo and Abdulaziz Al-Qosaibi (al-Gosaibi). The letters are mostly personal and contain in...
File No. G/3 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Muharraq Notables.
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The file contains correspondence regarding school enrolment and arrangements for a car to pick up the Political Agent upon his arrival from Basra. The correspondence is between the Political Agent in Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior), Ahmed bin Yousuf Fakhroo and Khanbahadur Abdul Hay al-Hashimi...
File No. G/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Qadhis.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the Qadis (judges) of the Shia and Sunni Sharia Courts in Bahrain such as the Shia Court Qadi Ali bin Hasan Al-Musa, and the Sunni Court Qadi ...
File No. G/5 V. O. Correspondence with the Qadhis regarding judicial matters.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, petitions and reports, regarding divorce cases of local women in Bahrain. The correspondence is between a Qatari local woman, the Bahrain Sharia Court, the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Ruler of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani). The...
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and memoranda regarding the appointment of a third Shia Qadi at the Shia Court in Bahrain. Concerns were raised regarding the local Shia Qadis who had been quarrelling with one another and allowing their personal animosity to influence thei...
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and notices sent between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various Gulf rulers and shaikhs, mainly on the occasions of ‘Eid al-Fitr and ‘Eid al-Adha between 1936 and 1939. Notices were sent to the heads of communities, companies’ workers, ...
