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IOR/R/15/2/1006
- Record Id:
- 040-000229324
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000215
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517582.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1006
- Title:
- File 1/19 II Correspondence re the Political Agent, Bahrain
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the service of the holders of the position of Political Agent, Bahrain.
The papers include correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, notes, last pay statements, and claims for payment of overseas pay in England, and cover the following topics relating to service: appointments and transfer; pay; pension; leave; travel expenses; travel allowances; and travel arrangements.
The papers also cover the following special topics: photographic apparatus; removal of grave of the late Captain Granville Gower Loch from the Shwedagon Pagoda to a Christian cemetery at Rangoon, December 1936 to December 1937; membership of BAPCO Club; the use of concrete in dairy farming, December 1937; expressions of condolences; transport of items, including white Arabian truffles, February 1937; provision of pearls, July 1936; invitations; official car; ice plant, April 1937; gas cylinder, July 1937; and miscellaneous matters.
The Arabic content of this file consists of a bilingual form (invoice) and a letterhead.
A decorated business letterhead (folio 133) accompanies a letter, dated 1937, addressed to the Political Agent, Bahrain from Ashraf Brothers, Bahrain, agents for 'Uberoi Limited, Sialkot'. The letterhead features straplines at the upper and lower edges and six small illustrations along the left-hand bar, showing European men dressed in athletic clothing and playing various sports.
The final item of correspondence in this file is dated 3 March 1938 (registered at Bahrain 16 March 1938). The closing date in the overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the end 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
037-000229279
038-000229280
040-000229324 - 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/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/963-1048 : File 1: Establishment
IOR/R/15/2/1006 : File 1/19 II Correspondence re the Political Agent, Bahrain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0044]/040-000229324
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (153 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000215
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 7 Aug 1936-19 Mar 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation system in use commences at 1A on the front cover, and continues through to 144 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Readers should be aware of the following foliation anomalies: f 1A, f 1B, f 1C, f 1D, f 10A, f 10B, f 11A, f 11B, f 11C, f 11D, f 32A, f 32B, f 101, f 101A, f 101B, f 115A and f 115B. The following folios are missing from the sequence: f 1, f 10, f 11, f 32, f 59, f 112, f 115 and f 121. The following folios need to be folded out in order to be read: f 75 and f 76.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 1/19 II
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)