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040-000230000 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1663, ff 252r-255v
Title:: Greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'
Scope & Content:: Christmas and New Year greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'. The card has a coloured map of Bahrain on folio 252, and features important sites in Bahrain, including, Shaikh's Hunting Lodge, Oil Wells and Water Wells. Folio 253v includes a photograph of the ancient mosque [of Manama now...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1939
Extent:: 1 item (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1663
Title:: File 20/1- Vol: III Ceremonial and Celebrations: New Year's and King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:: The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King's Birthday and Christmas and New Year’s Day between 1935-1939. Christmas and New Year’s Day were announced as an official holiday at the Agency in Bahrain. The King's Birthday was celebrated in June each year, but was not an official...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:: 31 Oct 1935-4 Jun 1939
Extent:: 1 file (283 folios)

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