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IOR/R/15/1/317
- Record Id:
- 040-000227763
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000122
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023828371.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/317
- Title:
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‘File 19/98 II, 128 (C 10) Naphta Spring Near Halul Island + Miscellaneous Correspondence + Viceroy’s Interview 1901. 19/98 II Asphalt Deposit’
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains - in the following order - correspondence between the Residency in Bushire and the Agency in Bahrain regarding a debt owed by Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain to a Mr. Francis; discussions concerning the dispatch of a gun ship to Katif (Qatif) and a proposed survey of the area; discussion (and dismissal) of rumours that the Russian and German Consuls in Bushire had acquired plots of land in Bahrain; matters related to the arms trade and arms seizures in the region; a proposal to establish a small agricultural garden in Bahrain; discussion related to an article in an Arabic newspaper published in London that contained quotes from a book (by Samuel Zwemer) that were critical of British rule in Bahrain; notes on an interview between Viceroy Curzon and Shaikh Isa of Bahrain; reports of a supposed Naptha spring near Halul Island and a technical study of asphalt deposits in Bahrain.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227759
040-000227763 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/314-377 : File 19: Bahrain
IOR/R/15/1/317 : ‘File 19/98 II, 128 (C 10) Naphta Spring Near Halul Island + Miscellaneous Correspondence + Viceroy’s Interview 1901. 19/98… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0006]/038-000227759[0004]/040-000227763
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (104 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000122
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 28 Jan 1901-31 May 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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A bound correspondence file of which some sheets have come unbound and are now loose. The volume is foliated from the first page of text to last page of text, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 19/98 II, 19/128
Confidential Series C 10 - Arrangement:
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end. On folio 2 there is an index of the topics contained in the file (without page numbers).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)