'File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 5/24 Khalid bin Mohamed Al Faraj'
- Date:
- 1927/1930
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Agent at Kuwait; Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, Editor of the Cairo-based al-Shūránewspaper; and Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj.These correspondence concern personality and activities of Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj and include details relating to his deportation from Kuwait, his time spent working in the Customs House at Dammām and his work as a school teacher in Bahrain and as a clerk in the Municipality of Manamah ( al-Baladiyyah); his writings in Egyptian and Syrian newspapers against the ruling Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait and the British; and his deportation from Bahrain in 1927 and eventual return in 1929.Included within these correspondence is a hand-written letter in Arabic from Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Ṭāhir, dated 24 Rajab 1345 (8 January 1927) and translation of an article entitled 'Literature in Bahrain and Kuwait' which appeared in the al-Shūránewspaper on 26 Shawwāl 1345 (28 April 1927).Physical description: Foliation: Circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 12, ending on the inside of the back cover.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Adviser to the Government of Bahrain
Emir of Kuwait
Khālid bin Muḥammad al-Faraj - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000351_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000351_en
IOR/R/15/2/114
IOR/R/15/2/114