Author
the Sunni-dominated judicial system
Publication Date
8 Mar 1923-7 Sep 1927 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
21
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/133
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000364
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
8 Mar 1923-7 Sep 1927 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file's correspondence concerns reforms to and administration of the judicial courts in Bahrain.
The first half of the file deals chiefly with reforms. In a demi-official letter of 17 March 1923 (folios 2-7) the
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.
(Major Clive Daly) discusses proposed reforms with the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
(Major Arthur Trevor). These include: the institution of a joint court and native court, the persecution of Shia citizens by the Sunni-dominated judicial system, and a system of British protection that could be extended to Bahrainis facing persecution. Pearl diving reforms are also touched upon, with a description of how pearl divers are paid in the industry in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Later correspondence (1924) between Daly and the new
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
(Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux) relates to the drawing up of judicial codes for Bahrain, with the help of existing codes from Sudan and Iraq, which already exist in English and Arabic.
The second half of the file contains correspondence from 1927, and concerns administrative changes to the Bahrain courts, rather than outright reforms. A request from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah for the institution of a subsidiary court to hear cases involving financial claims of less than fifty
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, is approved by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
(folios 14-17, 22). A letter from the
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.
(Major Cyril Barrett) to the Advisor to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Belgrave), dated 14 May 1927, raises concerns over Sheikh Hamad's intention to appoint three Sunni Qazis [Qadis] to sit at the court at Muharraq, citing the extra time and costs involved (folio 20). A Bahrain State letter, from Shaikh Ḥamad to the Deputy Governor of Bahrain, dated 21 Dhul-Qadah 1345 [23 May 1927] confirms the Deputy Governor's appointment to the Sharah court, for a monthly wage of one-hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
(folio 21).
The date given on an office note from the
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.
(folios 18-19) of 10 May 1937, is probably incorrect and should read 10 May 1927.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
Correspondence in the file has been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file, to the latest at the end.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: File 9/6
