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IOR/R/15/2/175
- Record Id:
- 040-000228440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00038e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025645125.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/175
- Title:
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'File No: 1.b/2. Major Head:- Administration SubHead:- General. Subject:- Finances of the Bahrain State.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State including correspondence between Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain.
The correspondence discusses measures to economise such as the reduction of the Civil List; enhanced customs rates on liquor, tobacco, and luxury articles.
The file includes letters in Arabic with accompanying translation from Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], to the Political Agent, Bahrain (folio 135 and folio 168).
It also includes a number of statistical tables:
- 'Statement of Revenue and Expenditure of Bahrain Government till end of Rajab 1351 (seventh month)' (ff. 156-159);
- 'Tables of revenue of Muscat and Oman Government for the period ending 1932 as compared with the sanctioned Budget estimates for the year 1932' (ff 84-85).
Other correspondents include: Captain Charles Gordon Prior, Political Agent, Bahrain; Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan and Kain; Charles illiam Dixon, Dominions Office, London; Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Percy Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; John Charles Walton, India Office, London.
- 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
037-000228401
038-000228439
040-000228440 - 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/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/175-176 : File 1/B Administration (General)
IOR/R/15/2/175 : File No: 1.b/2. Major Head:- Administration SubHead:- General. Subject:- Finances of the Bahrain State. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0002]/038-000228439[0001]/040-000228440
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00038e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 17 Jan 1932-11 Feb 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 7-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Office: 1/B/2
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)