'File 31/4 (1 A/52) DEATH OF HIS HIGHNESS SHAIKH SIR HAMAD BIN 'ISA AL KHALIFAH, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., AND THE SUCCESSION OF THE NEW RULER.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 31/4 (1 A/52) DEATH OF HIS HIGHNESS SHAIKH SIR HAMAD BIN 'ISA AL KHALIFAH, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., AND THE SUCCESSION OF THE NEW RULER.'
- Date:
- 1942/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the death of Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah and the succession of Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah as Ruler of Bahrain. Topics discussed in the correspondence include:the circumstances of Shaikh Hamad's illness, death and funeral;the succession of Hamad's eldest son, Salman bin Hamad, by the common agreement of the al Khalifah family;the arrangements for the presentation of a kharitah(letter of congratulation from the Viceroy of India) to Salman in an open durbar;reports by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Political Agent, Bahrain, on the death of Hamad and succession of Salman.Documents include a diagram (f 113) with the seating arrangements for the durbar and an English version (f 117) of Shaikh Salman's speech as well as the Arabic version (ff 119-120).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-148; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Rulers
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000e2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000e2_en
IOR/R/15/2/803
IOR/R/15/2/803