IOR/R/15/2/1675

The file contains correspondence regarding the celebration of The Silver Jubilee of King George V in May 1935. The correspondence includes letters and statements sent by Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee Fund to the Political Agencies and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf regarding raising funds for charitable purposes. Examples of how funds were raised in India in previous years and to which charitable agencies the funds were devoted are given in the correspondence.

Arrangements were made to celebrate The Silver Jubilee at the Agency in Bahrain on the 6 of May 1935. Invitations were sent to Shaikh Hamad bin `Isa Al Khalifa, the British and American communities, merchants and notables of Bahrain. The Political Agent in Bahrain sent letters to the rulers of the Trucial Coast to inform them about the celebration taking place and to suggest that the same celebration should take place in their areas. Letters of congratulation were sent by a few Gulf rulers including Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Shaikh Hamad bin `Isa Al Khalifa and Shaikh Sultan Bin Saqr al-Qasimi to congratulate The King on the occasion.

The correspondence is mainly between Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee Fund, the Political Agencies and Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Shaikh Hamad bin `Isa Al Khalifa, and the Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.