Author
Sheikh Hamad. A revised proposal from the Surveyor General of India to Daly
Publication Date
23 Jun 1923-18 Dec 1927 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
102
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/130
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000361
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
23 Jun 1923-18 Dec 1927 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the issue of land rights and ownership in Bahrain.
The first part of the volume (folios 2-78) concern the organisation of a land survey in Bahrain. The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfa, with the assistance of the Bahrain
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 Day), arranged with the Government of India’s Surveyor General ( E. A. Tandy) for a team of surveyors to come to Bahrain to survey the populated parts of the islands. A letter from Daly to the Surveyor General, dated 28 April 1925 (folios 28-30) provides details of the extent and character of the area to be surveyed. The survey was originally intended to take place during the winter of 1924/25, but was eventually delayed until the following year. A large portion of the correspondence relates to the costs of conducting the survey (including manpower, equipment, lodgings in Bahrain, food rations and passage from India), which were far greater than originally budgeted for by Sheikh Hamad. A revised proposal from the Surveyor General of India to Daly, dated 1 September 1925, gives details of the various costs of the survey (folios 54-56). Negotiations over the costs continued right up until the departure date of the surveying team from India to Bahrain, in October 1925. There is a copy of the deed (in Arabic) for the plot of land adjacent to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at folio 80.
The second part of the volume (folios 81-99) concerns the implementation of a
waqf
department in Bahrain. The
waqf
is a form of religious endowment under Islamic law, usually involving the donation of buildings or land for religious or charitable purposes. The correspondence relates to Shaikh Ḥamad’s introduction of a
waqf
department, to address the reported mismanagement and misappropriation of
waqf
funds.
Erişim Koşulları
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Düzenleme
The volume's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, starting with the earliest items at the front and finishing with the latest items at the end. The items in the volume deal with two specific subjects, separated chronologically by two years, and by a divider-title sheet on folio 79.
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