'File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool'
- Contributor:
- Bahrain Political Agency (creator)
- Date:
- 1928/1929
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agent (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauchub) by the town's Hindu (Banyan) community for bathing, drinking and washing, and by the Al Khalifa family as a source of water for the irrigation of their date gardens. The file contains notes made by Political Agency staff, based on visits to the baths, which record the arrangement of the baths, their different uses, and the condition of the water found within them. In a letter dated 6 May 1929, the Political Agent (now Captain Prior) writes to the Hindu community (folio 10), requesting that they refrain from using soap in the baths, which is producing white slime in the water, presumably making it unsuitable for irrigation purposes.1 file (14 folios)Correspondence in the file is arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the front of the file to the latest at the end.Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, with pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D.
- Language:
- English
Arabic
Persian - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 file (14 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001ac_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001ac_en
IOR/R/15/2/1693 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers