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IOR/R/15/2/839
- Record Id:
- 040-000229141
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000112
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023643346.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/839
- Title:
- File 34/2 I Director of Education at Bahrain
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding their attempts to appoint a Director of Education in Bahrain to replace the outgoing director F James Wakelin, a secondee from the British Council.
Much of the correspondence is between British officials in the Gulf and British Council officials in the Middle East and London. Several potential replacements for Wakelin are mentioned and the status of education in Bahrain more broadly is discussed. The file also contains information regarding the British Council's expenditure and activities in the Persian Gulf region during this period.
The file also contains details of a visit made to the UK by Ahmed Al Omran, the Deputy Director of Education in Bahrain, between 22 July and 18 September 1946. A detailed copy of the programme of events arranged for Al Omran by the British Council is contained on folios 176-179.
- 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
038-000229139
040-000229141 - 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/15/2/838-845 : File 34: Education
IOR/R/15/2/839 : File 34/2 I Director of Education at Bahrain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0039]/038-000229139[0002]/040-000229141
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000112
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 19 Jun 1944-18 Jun 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file's main foliation sequence commences at the first page of text and terminates at the last page of text; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 1-200; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon and black/red ink can also be found throughout the volume. - Former External References:
- Confidential files: 34/2 I
- Arrangement:
- File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)