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IOR/R/15/2/303
- Record Id:
- 040-000228575
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000fe
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025705362.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/303
- Title:
- File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency and the Trucial Coast, as well as the reports themselves.
The correspondence is between the Political Agent and representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast report (folios 94-104) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bahrain.
The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. Trucial Coast. Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.
Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.
Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.
- 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
038-000228565
040-000228575 - 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/15/2/294-341 : File 8 Reports and Returns
IOR/R/15/2/303 : File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0009]/038-000228565[0010]/040-000228575
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (151 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000fe
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 6 Jan 1948-8 May 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- 8/8 VI
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)