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IOR/R/15/2/1085
- Record Id:
- 040-000229405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002b4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023528102.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1085
- Title:
- Naval and Marine - 3/5 Coal for steam launch
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding supplies of coal for the Agency launches; its cost and arrangements for its shipment to Bahrain. Also discussed are difficulties in obtaining good quality coal; and a shortage of coal supplies in the Persian Gulf 1930-1931.
Other correspondents in the file include the Port Director at Basra; Messrs Frank Strick and Company, Basra and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited in relation to the purchase and shipping of Coal; the Bahrain Petroleum Company; Claude de Grenier, Director of Customs at Bahrain; and Charles Dalyrmple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, regarding the storage and purchase of bags of coal in Bahrain.
There is also correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Treasury Officer in Bushire regarding payment for coal supplies; correspondence regarding coal for the steam launch John Lambert; and notes on the use of prisoners in Bahrain for the loading and unloading of coal and the sifting of it to remove excess dust, which could damage engines if not separated from the coal itself.
- 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
038-000229399
040-000229405 - 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/15/2/1080-1117 : File 3: Naval and Marine
IOR/R/15/2/1085 : Naval and Marine - 3/5 Coal for steam launch - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0003]/038-000229399[0006]/040-000229405
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (92 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002b4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 21 Apr 1927-19 Oct 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The file has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using uncircled pencil numbers located in the top-right hand corner of the recto of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 11a, 25a. The following folios are fold-outs: 25, 48, 63. The following folio has been omitted: 67.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 3/5
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence in the file has been arranged chronologically according to the date it was sent from, or received by, the Political Agency in Bahrain.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)