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IOR/R/15/2/919
- Record Id:
- 040-000229232
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00017e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025285574.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/919
- Title:
- File No. 1/7 RECESS CORRESPONDENCE
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence from the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding periods of time spent on recess away from Bahrain. Information contained within the correspondence includes itineraries, forwarding addresses, details of cyphers and codes taken on recess, and details of intended conversations with individuals at various places whilst on leave; the correspondence is primarily intended for the Political Agent in the Persian Gulf.
Also included is correspondence from July 1939 on the potential effect on recess should war be declared; discussions regarding roles, responsibilities and deputising duties whilst individuals are on recess; and discussions regarding possible locations that political officers in the Persian Gulf could go on recess during wartime.
In addition there are notifications of recess periods being taken both by the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat and by their staff.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 79-84.
- 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
037-000229229
040-000229232 - 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/15/2/917-924 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Special Papers
IOR/R/15/2/919 : File No. 1/7 RECESS CORRESPONDENCE - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0004]/037-000229229[0003]/040-000229232
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (83 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00017e
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1937-24 Aug 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 85; 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 4-78; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Watermarks: Government of India 1937 (ff 2-3).
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 1/7
Confidential Series: 12/16 - 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)