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IOR/R/15/2/114
- Record Id:
- 040-000228372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000351
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022842032.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/114
- Title:
- File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Agent at Kuwait; Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, Editor of the Cairo-based al-Shūrá newspaper; and Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj.
These correspondence concern personality and activities of Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj and include details relating to his deportation from Kuwait, his time spent working in the Customs House at Dammām and his work as a school teacher in Bahrain and as a clerk in the Municipality of Manamah (al-Baladiyyah); his writings in Egyptian and Syrian newspapers against the ruling Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and the British; and his deportation from Bahrain in 1927 and eventual return in 1929.
Included within these correspondence is a hand-written letter in Arabic from Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, dated 24 Rajab 1345 (8 January 1927) and translation of an article entitled 'Literature in Bahrain and Kuwait' which appeared in the al-Shūrá newspaper on 26 Shawwāl 1345 (28 April 1927).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228327
038-000228357
040-000228372 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/73-138 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/100-115 : File 5 Personalities
IOR/R/15/2/114 : File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0002]/037-000228327[0003]/038-000228357[0015]/040-000228372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000351
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 6 Aug 1927-17 May 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: Circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 12, ending on the inside of the back cover.
- Former External References:
- Confidential File: 5/24
- Arrangement:
- This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)