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IOR/R/15/2/1218
- Record Id:
- 040-000229541
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000379
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030796173.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1218
- Title:
- File 6/11 Resolutions passed by the Baladiyahs (Municipalities of Manama and Muharraq) and correspondence regarding deputations of officials in the Baladiyah
- Scope & Content:
-
The file consists of correspondence relating to the work of the Manama and Muharraq Municipalities and numerous resolutions passed by both of them. The correspondence is between the municipalities, Political Agency, Bahrain, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), British Consulate in Basra, British Legation in Tehran, High Commissioner for Iraq in Baghdad, and several merchants of Bahrain.
Several matters are covered by the file, including:
- import of vegetable ghee;
- submission of accounts;
- decisions, orders, and resolutions concerning a wide number of subjects, such as public latrines, music and smoking in public, stray dogs, cart owner licences, etc.;
- road improvements;
- taxi fares;
- complaints by merchants over their treatment by the Customs Department;
- matters of trade such as weights and measurement definitions.
Folio 361 is a bank draft issued by the Eastern Bank.
Folio 365 features postage and revenue stamps from Iraq in 1929.
- 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
038-000229522
040-000229541 - 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/15/2/1200-1312 : File 6: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/1218 : File 6/11 Resolutions passed by the Baladiyahs (Municipalities of Manama and Muharraq) and correspondence regarding deputations… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0006]/038-000229522[0019]/040-000229541
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (375 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000379
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 30 Dec 1927-22 Feb 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 377; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-92 and ff 229-376; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A further foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 93-228 these numbers are also written in pencil, and are bracketed.
- Former External References:
- File 6/11
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)