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IOR/R/15/2/68
- Record Id:
- 040-000228322
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000323
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023400047.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/68
- Title:
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'Eastern Bureau, Basrah Branch'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains fortnightly reports from the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Chief Political Officer Basrah [Basra] / Eastern Bureau, Basrah [Basra], dated 1 August 1916 - 1 September 1917. The file also contains a note on the Eastern Bureau and Basrah [Basra] Office dated [1916].
The reports cover Turkey, trade, Hassa [Hasa], Japanese trade, Oman affairs, plague, inoculation, and Qatif [al-Qaṭīf].
- 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
038-000228320
040-000228322 - 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/15/2/67-72 : Miscellaneous unnumbered files
IOR/R/15/2/68 : Eastern Bureau, Basrah Branch - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0001]/037-000228237[0017]/038-000228320[0002]/040-000228322
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (117 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000323
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1916-1 Sep 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 108 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A. The following numbers do not appear in the sequence: 32, 33. The following pagination ranges occur: 56-75; 87-93.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Administrative Context:
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A note on the work and functions of the Eastern Bureau and the Basra Branch dated [1916] is as follows:
- the collection and distribution of information concerning Near Eastern questions in general and the Turkish Empire in particular;
- the co-ordination of propaganda and the work of the press in favour of Great Britain among non-Muslims without clashing with the susceptibilities of the Entente Powers or the Muslims of India;
- the creation and encouragement of pro-Entente and anti-German feeling in Iraq, the Persian Gulf and South Eastern Arabia through Political Officers and by means of native agents;
- to send reports to the Cairo Bureau, to the Foreign Department,and to London;
- to circulate copies of publications such as books, maps, etc., dealing with geography, history, and social conditions.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)