Author
an agent.
and the Shia and the Sunni Sharia Courts in Bahrain. A significant amount of the file is in Arabic.
Publication Date
5 Mar 1932-14 May 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
68
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1939
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0002a2
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
5 Mar 1932-14 May 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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 Mahmud Abdullatif. The correspondence is mainly about arranging visits between the appointed
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the Qadis to discuss court issues. The file also includes letters sent to welcome new Political Agents upon their arrival in Bahrain, and farewell letters sent upon their departure.
The file also contains a memorandum from the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, along with three copies of the new rules laid down for the Shia Sharia Appeal Court.
The main correspondence is between the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and the Shia and the Sunni Sharia Courts in Bahrain. A significant amount of the file is in Arabic.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 62-69 are file notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: G/4