Bahrain





1783 Al Khalifah lineage settles on Bahrain
2 Dec 1880 - 15 Aug 1971 British protectorate
16 Aug 1971 State of Bahrain
14 Feb 2002 Kingdom of Bahrain

Rulers (hakim)

- Banu `Utub dynasty -

1783 - 18 Jul 1795 Sheikh Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al Khalifah (b. ... - d. 1795)
1796 - Apr 1843 Sheikh Abdullah ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (b. 17... - d. 1849)
(jointly with the following three)
1796 - 1825 Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah (b. 17... - d. 1825)
1825 - 31 May 1834 Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah (b. ... - d. 1834)
31 May 1834 - Jun 1842 Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah (1st time) (b. 1813 - d. 1890)
Apr 1843 - 6 Sep 1868 Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Sep 1868 - 28 Sep 1869 Sheikh Ali ibn Khalifah Al Khalifah (b. 1814 - d. 1869)
Sep 1869 - 1 Dec 1869 Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al Khalifah (b. 1817 - d. 1877)
Dec 1869 - 9 Dec 1932 Sheikh `Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifah (b. 1848 - d. 1932)
(jointly with following)
Dec 1869 - Oct 1888 Sheikh Ahmad ibn Ali Al Khalifah (b. 1850 - d. 1888)
(jointly with preceding)
9 Dec 1932 - 24 Feb 1942 Sheikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah (b. 1872 - d. 1942)
24 Feb 1942 - 2 Nov 1961 Sheikh Sulman ibn Hamad Al Khalifah (b. 1894 - d. 1961)
2 Nov 1961 - 16 Aug 1971 Sheikh `Isa ibn Sulman Al Khalifah (b. 1933 - d. 1999)

Emirs

16 Aug 1971 - 6 Mar 1999 Sheikh `Isa ibn Sulman Al Khalifah (s.a.)
6 Mar 1999 - 14 Feb 2002 Sheikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah (b. 1950)
King
14 Feb 2002 - Sheikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah (s.a.)

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Prime minister

19 Jan 1970 - Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman
Al Khalifah (b. 1936)
(president of the State Council to 16 Aug 1971)

British political agents

10 Feb 1900 - 1904 John Calcott Gaskin
1904 - 1909 Francis Beville Prideaux (b. 1871 - d. 1938)
1909 - 1910 Charles Fraser Mackenzie (b. 1880 - d. 1965)
1910 - 1911 Stuart George Knox (b. 1869 - d. 1956)
1911 - 1912 David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (b. 1876 - d. 1962)
1912 - 1914 Arthur Prescott Trevor (b. 1872 - d. 1930)
1914 - 1916 Terence Humphrey Keyes (b. 1877 - d. 1939)
1916 Hugh Stewart (b. 1872 - d. 1931)
1916 Trenchard Craven William Fowle (b. 1884 - d. 1940)
1916 - 1918 Percy Gordon Loch (1st time) (b. 1887 - d. 1963)
1918 George Alexander Gavin Mungavin
1918 - 1919 Norman Napier Bray (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
1919 - 1920 Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1920 - 1921 Sayid Siddiq Hassan (acting)
1921 - 1926 Clive Kirkpatrick Daly (b. 1878 - d. 1966)
1926 - 1929 Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett (b. 1884 - d. 1933)
1929 - 1932 Charles Geoffrey Prior (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
1932 - 1937 Percy Gordon Loch (2nd time) (s.a.)
1937 Tom Hickinbotham (1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1983)
1937 - 1940 Hugh Weightman (b. 1898 - d. 1949)
1940 - 1942 Reginald George Evelyn William
Alban (b. 1899)
1942 - 1943 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield
(1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1969)
1943 Michael Gray Dixon (acting) (b. 1910)
1943 - 1945 Tom Hickinbotham (2nd time) (s.a.)
1945 Cornelius James Pelly (1st time) (b. 1908 - d. 1985)
1945 - 1947 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1947 - 1951 Cornelius James Pelly (2nd time) (s.a.)
1951 - 1952 William Scott Laver (b. 1909 - d. 1988)
1952 - 1954 John William Wall (b. 1910 - d. 1989)
1954 - 1959 Charles Alexander Gault (b. 1908 - d. 1996)
1959 - 1962 Edward Parr Wiltshire (b. 1910 - d. 2004)
1962 - 1965 John Peter Tripp (b. 1927 - d. 1986)
1965 - 1969 Anthony Parsons (b. 1922 - d. 1996)
1969 - 1971 Alexander John Stirling (b. 1926)

Chief political residents of the Persian Gulf
(for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the Trucial States)

1822 - 1823 John Mcleod (b. ... - d. 1851)
1823 - 1827 Ephraim Gerrish Stannus (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
1827 - 1831 David Wilson
1831 - 1835 David Alexander Blane
1835 - 1838 James Morrison (b. 1790 - d. 1857)
1838 - 1852 Samuel Hennell
1852 - 1856 Arnold Burrowes Kemball (b. 1820 - d. 1908)
1856 - 1862 Felix Jones
1862 - 1872 Lewis Pelly (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
1872 - 1891 Edward Charles Ross (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
1891 - 1893 Adelbert Cecil Talbot (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
1893 Stuart Hill Godfrey (acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
1893 James Hayes Sadler (1st time) (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
(acting)
1893 James Adair Crawford (acting) (b. 1857 - d. 1936)
1893 - 1894 James Hayes Sadler (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1894 - 1897 Frederick Alexander Wilson (b. 1842 - d. 1899)
1897 - 1900 Malcolm John Meade (b. 1854 - d. 1933)
1900 - 1904 Charles Arnold Kemball (acting) (b. 1860 - d. 1943)
1904 - 1920 Percy Cox (from 1911, Sir Percy
Cox) (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
Acting for Cox:
1913 - 1914 John Gordon Lorimer (b. 1870 - d. 1914)
1914 Richard Lockinton Birdwood (b. 1879 - d. 1914)
1914 Stuart George Knox (1st time) (b. 1869 - d. 1956)
1915 Stuart George Knox (2nd time) (s.a.)
1915 - 1917 Arthur Prescott Trevor
(1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1930)
1917 - 1919 John Hugo Bill (b. 18... - d. 1919)
1919 Cecil Hamilton Gabriel (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
1919 - 1920 Arthur Prescott Trevor
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1920 Arnold Talbot Wilson (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1940)
1920 - 1924 Arthur Prescott Trevor (s.a.)
1924 - 1927 Francis Beville Prideaux (b. 1871 - d. 1938)
1927 - 1928 Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth (b. 1873 - d. 1951)
1928 - 1929 Frederick William Johnston (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1929 Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett (b. 1884 - d. 1933)
(acting)
1929 - 1932 Hugh Vincent Biscoe (b. 1881 - d. 1932)
1932 - 1939 Trenchard Craven William Fowle (b. 1884 - d. 1940)
1939 - 1946 Charles Geoffrey Prior (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
1946 - 1953 Rupert Hay (from 1952,
Sir Rupert Hay) (b. 1893 - d. 1962)
22 Oct 1953 - 1958 Bernard Burrows (from 1955,
Sir Bernard Burrows) (b. 1910 - d. 2002)
1958 - 1961 Sir George Humphrey Middleton (b. 1910 - d. 1998)
1961 - 1966 Sir William Luce (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
1966 - 1970 Sir Stewart Crawford (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
1970 - 1971 Sir Geoffrey Arthur (b. 1920 - d. 1984)

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