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IOR/R/15/2/1031
- Record Id:
- 040-000229349
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00024e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023515070.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1031
- Title:
- File 1/39 II Personal File of Major T Hickinbotham CIE, OBE
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the service of Major Tom Hickinbotham as Political Agent, Bahrain.
The papers consist of correspondence, telegrams, forms, receipts, a last pay statement, and a personal letter, and cover pay and allowances; leave and leave salary; exemption from military service, February 1945; travel arrangements; certificate attesting that the bearer was a government servant; papers concerning the transport and insurance of personal effects; correspondence in Arabic, and Arabic with English translation, with the rulers of Bahrain, Sharjah, Ajman, and Abu Dhabi concerning the departure of Hickinbotham on leave and appointment of his successor as Political Agent, Bahrain, March 1945; correspondence with banks concerning accounts and financial arrangements; and correspondence concerning damage to Hickinbotham's personal effects while in transit, November 1945.
- 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
040-000229349 - 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/15/2/1031 : File 1/39 II Personal File of Major T Hickinbotham CIE, OBE - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0069]/040-000229349
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (108 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00024e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 19 Dec 1944-6 Sep 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: there are three foliation systems in use in this file. The first commences at 1a on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 1o, which is a note stating that the pages up to that had been transferred from file 1/1 as per orders of APA (Assistant Political Agent). The sequence is written in pencil and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1l, 1m, 1n, 1o. The second commences at 1 and continues through to 55. The sequence is written in pencil and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 27a, 27b; ff. 32a, 32b. f. 32a needs to be folded out to be read. The third was added prior to cataloguing and continues the latter sequence, running from 56 through to 90 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.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 1/39
- 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)