Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
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The records consist of separate volumes of letters inward and outward; secret letters inward and outward; and 'native letters' inward and outward (also referred to as 'translation books': letters from Native Agents at Bahrain, Shiraz, Sharjah, Muscat, and elsewhere, and local rulers and official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Government of Bahrain Administration Report for 1926-1937, and Annual Reports for 1937-1944
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This file contains Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937 and copies of the Government of Bahrain Annual Report for the Hijri years 1356-1363 (1938-1944). Each report appears to be compiled from departmental reports by Charles Dalyrmple Belgrave, Adviser to the Gover...
File No. 1/3 CIRCULARS & OFFICE ORDERS received from RESIDENCY.
Scope & Content:
The file comprises circulars and notifications issued by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, primarily to the political agents at Bahrain, Muscat and Kuwait. The circulars include instructions on how different types of correspondence should be addressed so that they reach their appropria...
File No. 1/9 TELEGRAMS RECEIVED AND ISSUED FOR VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
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The file comprises telegrams to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding matters relating to the administration and staffing of the Political Residency and Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf. Matters discussed in the file include: telegrams regarding leave arrangements f...
The file comprises correspondence and accounts relating to the secret service expenditure available to the Political Residency and the Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf, including instructions on how it should be recorded and what it should be used for, as well as copies of the annual state...
The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, ...
'Correspondence with Accountant General Central Revenues'
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The file comprises resolutions, circulars, office memorandum and correspondence issued by the following Government of India Departments: the Accountant-General, Central Revenues; the Finance Department; and the Home Department. The papers relate to rules regarding pay, leave, pensions, early re...
The 61 surviving files about rules and regulations contain predominantly printed or typewritten copies of internal Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices. The circulars were sent to all Government of India departments, offices and stations in India, the Persian Gulf and else...
File K/5 Drilling of an Artesian Well in the Agency Garden
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This file contains exchanges of letters between the Political Agency in Bahrain and various merchant contractors providing quotations for work associated with drilling an artesian well in the Agency garden in Manama.
This file consists of a single letter and what appears to be a draft copy of an aide-memoire. The letter, dated 16 May 1950 and addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, discusses the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's response to a request for ...