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IOR/R/15/2/1267
- Record Id:
- 040-000229590
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000002
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038060450.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1267
- Title:
- File 6/49 Artesian wells in Bahrain - Correspondence regarding
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence regarding artesian wells in Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, Abdulaziz Alqosaibi & Bros, Yousuf Abdulrehman Fakhroo, the Air Ministry Works Directorate in Bahrain and Iraq, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), and the Commanding Officer of HMS Jufair.
The papers are concerned with the regulation of the use of artesian wells following a drop in underground water levels due to over-extraction. Much of the correspondence is connected with permissions to bore wells and the publication of government regulations on the matter. Other matters covered by the file include concern over the rise in cases of malaria due to overflow of wells and the purchase of materials and equipment needed for the construction of wells.
Folios 58-63 are internal office notes.
- 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
040-000229590 - 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/15/2/1267 : File 6/49 Artesian wells in Bahrain - Correspondence regarding - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0006]/038-000229522[0068]/040-000229590
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (62 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 25 Oct 1932-29 Nov 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-50; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 6/49
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)