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IOR/R/15/2/1492

Record Id:

040-000229825

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000228236

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000e3

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100029266284.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/2/1492

Title:

File 16/00 Letters of good offices

Scope & Content:

The file contains correspondence regarding providing letters of good offices. These were sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Residency Agent in Sharjah, merchants and rulers of the Gulf. The sender would raise a case to the recipient and ask for his help mostly in mediating between the sender and another person. Most of the raised cases relate to starting up debt recovery proceedings for sums of money as little as 4 rupees and as much as 7,000 rupees, in 1928 to 1931. The claimants are merchants, sailors and others living in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar or Trucial Coast. Claimants’ letters are mainly in Arabic and occasionally in Persian.

The main correspondence is between the Residency Agent in Sharjah, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Agency in Kuwait, and Gulf Rulers.

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
038-000229824
040-000229825

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/15/2/1492-1594 : File 16: Miscellaneous

IOR/R/15/2/1492 : File 16/00 Letters of good offices

Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0016]/038-000229824[0001]/040-000229825

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file (136 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000e3

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Languages:

Arabic
English
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1928

End Date:

1931

Date Range:

22 Mar 1928-5 Nov 1931

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which was also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Former External References:

English Office: File 16/00

Arrangement:

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)