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IOR/R/15/2/1048
- Record Id:
- 040-000229366
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00025f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023312151.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1048
- Title:
- File 1/55 Personal File of Political Officer, Qatar, Doha
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to the appointment and service of the first Political Officer in Qatar, Arthur John Wilton, and his successors as Political Officer up to October 1950.
The papers, which consist of correspondence and telegrams, cover the following topics: note on establishment of Political Agency, Qatar, subordinate to the Political Agency, Bahrain, August 1949; telegram concerning precedence of persons to whom the Political Officer should make official calls, October 1949; travel expenses and arrangements; telegrams concerning visits by representatives of the Ministry of Works (MOW), November to December 1949; permission to come to Bahrain for Christmas, December 1949; information on movements of the Political Officer generally; promotion within His Majesty's Foreign Service; cover during absence on leave; handover of duties between officers, including accounts, and statements of consular fees and court fee stamps, July 1950; correspondence concerning the shipping of a car for the Political Officer free of customs duty; and a personal letter [1950].
- 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
040-000229366 - 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/15/2/1048 : File 1/55 Personal File of Political Officer, Qatar, Doha - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0001]/038-000229280[0086]/040-000229366
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (50 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00025f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 22 Aug 1949-1 Oct 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 and continues through to 51 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil or blue crayon, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A. The following pagination ranges occur: 21-22; 36-37.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 1/55
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)