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IOR/R/15/2/52
- Record Id:
- 040-000228298
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000313
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023727057.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/52
- Title:
- File 3/1 Agency Buildings. From 1900-1911
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between the Assistant Political Agent, and later the British Political Agent, at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; R Laferre, Assistant Engineer, Persian Gulf Sub-Division; T W Storrs, Sub-Engineer, Persian Gulf Sub-Division; and various shipping agents.
These papers concern the establishment, building, expansion and rennovation of the British Political Agency at Bahrain. Included are procurement and estimated costs for building materials, labour and shipping; various Deeds of Gift of land donated to the Agency by Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah; plans for a Sepoy's quarters in 1904 and Native Officer's in 1905; improvement works to the Agency in 1910; and details concerning the difficulty in finding accommodation for Agency clerks, including statements given by D X Lobo, Head Clerk, Mirza Abdul Husain, Vernacular Clerk, and M A Soofi, Interpreter.
In addition, within the file are architectural plans for the Agency building (f. 75 and f. 96).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228237
038-000228297
040-000228298 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1-72 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/52-55 : File 3 Buildings
IOR/R/15/2/52 : File 3/1 Agency Buildings. From 1900-1911 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0001]/037-000228237[0009]/038-000228297[0001]/040-000228298
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000313
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1911
- Date Range:
- 17 Sep 1900-29 Sep 1911
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: There is an incomplete pagination sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 258, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume.
- Former External References:
- Confidential File: 3/1
- Arrangement:
- This volume is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)