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IOR/R/15/2/1551
- Record Id:
- 040-000229884
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033140373.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1551
- Title:
- ‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including:
- Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tour programme, discussions for a renewal of the mail contract, and a proposed new post office building in Bahrain, are included in the file (ff 43-44, ff 103-104);
- Ghulamali Khan Talpur, Minister for Food, Agriculture, Industries and Labour in Sind, visiting Bahrain while en route to Jeddah, Mecca and Medina in February 1947. Copies of a report of the visit, prepared by the Indian Assistant at the Agency, appear in the file (f 51, f 105);
- Mrs Audrey Farquhar, wife of the British Counsellor at Tehran, travelling in late 1945 from Spain via Bahrain to Iran;
- the Governor of Bushire, Dr Hisabi, travelling in late 1945 from Bushire to Bombay [Mumbai] via Bahrain;
- French journalist Jacques Kayser, visiting Bahrain in early 1947;
- Bertram Thomas, scheduled to visit in 1949, in his capacity as an adviser to the Shell Group.
The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/1550).
- 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
040-000229884 - 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/15/2/1551 : ‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0016]/038-000229824[0061]/040-000229884
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (111 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950
- 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 113; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-64; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office: File 16/42 II
- Arrangement:
- The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 100-112) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)