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200 Years of British-Bahraini Relations? Pirates, Rogue Diplomats, and a Missing Treaty
2016 is apparently the 200th anniversary of British-Bahraini relations. The story goes that, in 1816, Britain and Bahrain signed a Treaty of Friendship which has endured the centuries, that these allies have grown to be amongst the closest and warmest … Continue reading
The Hakim of Bahrain
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the records, documents, correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. This week, a smaller piece on the 1920s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1923, Bahrain, colonel knox, major daly, reform, sheikh hamad, sheikh isa, speech
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Old Greybeard of Bahrain
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the records, documents, correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. This week, a smaller piece on the 1920s, … Continue reading
Post Script & Bibliography
I didn’t intend it to be this long. I started the blog in May and just as I was getting into it, was hit by the pressure of the last weeks of university. When I was freed up, I wanted to … Continue reading
Year of the Nationalists, Part 5: Uncomfortable Peace
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the documents, notes and correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. Part 4 of Year of the … Continue reading
Year of the Nationalists, Part 4: The Hidden Intervention
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the documents, notes and correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. Part 3 of Year of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, archives, Bahrain, Britain, British Empire, history, national union committee, suez crisis
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A Chasm without Karama
From the Archives is a blog series about Bahrain and its history. The stories told are drawn primarily from the documents, notes and correspondences kept at the British National Archives and India Office archives. * * * December 21, 1921 … Continue reading
Year of the Nationalists, Part 3: the Suez Crisis
Part 2 of Year of the Nationalists can be read here. Events in Bahrain were not happening in a vacuum. The Bahraini nationalists were part of a broader movement that was taking the entire Arab world by storm. 1954, the … Continue reading
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Tagged aswan dam, Bahrain, British Empire, egypt, france, Israel, nasser, national union committee, suez crisis, tripartite aggression
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Year of the Nationalists, Part 2: National Union
Part 1 of Year of the Nationalists can be read here. BBC report on anti-Belgrave sentiment in Bahrain After the murderous events of 11 March 1956 in the Manama souq that saw several killed and more injured, the High Executive … Continue reading
Year of the Nationalists, Part 1: Prelude to Crisis
The 1950s was a difficult decade for Bahrain. Many Bahrainis were tiring of their government, ruled as they had been for 30 years by the tireless and authoritarian Charles Belgrave. The decade saw the rise of a nationalist movement, galvanised … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, abulrahman al bakr, Bahrain, belgrave, nationalists
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