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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Dawāsir, Tribe, c 1923-c 1928

1. IOR/R/15/1/338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/338
Title:
File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1923-31 Dec 1923
Extent:

1 volume (233 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/346
Title:
File 19/171 (C 37) Dowasir Tribe
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1924-14 Mar 1928
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/86
Title:
File 1/14 Major Head:- Political. Subject:- Retirement of Shaikh Isa & Najdi-Persian Riots of May 1923.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns intercommunal and religious rioting in Bahrain between Persians and Najdis (also referred to as Nejdis), which resulted in the deaths of a number of people. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident, Bahrain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and the (acting)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
10 May 1923-6 Jul 1923
Extent:
1 volume (114 folios)