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as to limitations to scope of advice to be offered to the Ruler
[IOR: R/J5/1/343]
Agent to Resident, 7 January 1936, outlining mechanics of
current administration, and enclosing table of same
[IOR: R/15/l/343[
5.06 Agitation for reform, 1938 119
Telegram from Political Agent, Bahrain to Resident at
Kuweit, 13 October 1938; confidential minute, no date
[ca. February 1938] as to current objectives of agitators;
C. Belgrave to Weightman, 3 November 1938; Confidential
Report for agency staff, 3 November 1938, recent events and
new demands [IOR: R/15/2/176]
Petition from the National Youth to HBM’s Political Agent,
9 November 1938, conveying demands for judicial reform
[R/15/l/343]\ Political Agency to Political Resident,
12 November 1938, as to developments such as partial strikes
and agitators: views of the role of the British Residency
[R/15/l/343]\ telegram no. 358 from Resident to Agent,
17 November 1938; Resident to Agent, 17 November 1938,
suggesting remedies to agitation [R/15/2/176]
Agent to Resident, 19 November 1938, reporting on
agitation in Bahrain, enclosing translation of petition from
five merchants to the Ruler, 12 November 1938; His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain to Political Agent,
12 November 1938; Petition from the people of Hedd to His
Highness Shaikh Sir Hamad, 24 Ramadhan 1357
[R/15/l/343]\ memorandum from Belgrave to Political Agent,
22 November 1938, enclosing petition from leading Arabs of
Hedd, outlining duties of the labour committee [R/15/l/176]\
Resident to India Office, London, 24 November 1938,
comparing present agitation to that of 1935 [R/15/l/343]\
Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to
Political Agent, 8 December 1938 as to Hedd petitioners
approaching the Ruler of Bahrain, enclosing translation of
letter to the ruler expressing loyalty, 7th Shawaal 1357
[R/15/2/176]

5.07 Petitions of loyalty to the Ruler 163
Adviser to the Bahrain Government to Political Agent,
18 January 1939, as to Shia Baharnah affirmation of loyalty
to the Ruler of Bahrain, enclosing list of headmen and
villages sending deputations and presenting petitions
[IOR: R/l5/1/344]

5.08 Government response to demands for reform, 1935,
1938-1939 169
Adviser to Bahrain Government to Political Agent, 9 March
1935, as to appointment of committee for codifying of
government proclamations [IOR: R/15/2/176]
Adviser to Agent, 16 February 1937, as to progress of
committee; Agent to Resident, 27 October 1938, objccti ves
of reformists, especially Shia Shera court and assessment of
likely changes; Agent to Resident, 29 October 1938, further
details as to changes demanded in the fields of education,
judiciary, BAPCO, municipal affairs, passports and customs
[I0R/15/l/343]\ Sheikh Hamad b. ‘Isa to Political Agent.