IOR/R/15/2/19-23

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.