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IOR/R/15/2/230
- Record Id:
- 040-000228500
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003c5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035577279.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/230
- Title:
- File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the appointment of holders of the post of State Engineer to the Bahrain Government. The papers include: papers relating to the appointment of William Benjamin Steele as State Engineer, May 1932 - July 1939; correspondence concerning telephones and charges levied by the State Electric Department, July 1940; papers concerning Steele's leave and retirement, July 1944; papers concerning the search for a relief for Steele, April - June 1944; and papers concerning the appointment of H P G Leigh as State Engineer, July 1944 - January 1945.
The date range of the correspondence in this file (the main body of papers) is 19 December 1931 - 6 January 1945. The final date in the overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
- 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
038-000228498
040-000228500 - 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/15/2/229-258 : File 6 Personalities
IOR/R/15/2/230 : File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0007]/038-000228498[0002]/040-000228500
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (179 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003c5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 19 Dec 1931-15 Sep 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 181; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-180; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 6/6
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)