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IOR/R/15/2/1604
- Record Id:
- 040-000229938
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000153
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1604
- Title:
- File 17/5 III Furniture and Stores for the Bahrain Political Agency
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and numerous merchants regarding orders of furniture, stationery and other equipment for the Agency. The file also contains correspondence with the British Forces in Iraq and the Government of Bahrain regarding the supply of fire extinguishers and the repair of Agency vehicles. Inventories of the furniture and equipment belonging to the Agency can be found at folios 158-164.
The following businesses appear as correspondents within this file: R E Mody & Co.; Makintosh, Key-Jone Merchants; Makinnon Mackenzie & Co.; the West End Watch Co., Bombay; Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd.; Elgin Mills Co. Ltd.; the Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd.; Household Stores, Karachi; A & D Padon; Messrs Falk, Stadelmann & Co. Ltd; Santokh Singh Attar Singh; John Roberts & Co. Ltd.; the London Assurance Co.; Beeston Boiler Co Ltd.; Allibhoy Valijee & Sons; Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co. Ltd.; Blundell, Spence & Co.; Story & Co. Ltd.; Heal & Son Ltd.; B R Herman & Mohtatta Ltd.; Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kannoo; Yousef Abdulrahman Fakhroo; and Hashmi Engineering Works.
- 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
038-000229928
040-000229938 - 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/15/2/1595-1630 : File 17: Government Property
IOR/R/15/2/1604 : File 17/5 III Furniture and Stores for the Bahrain Political Agency - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0017]/038-000229928[0010]/040-000229938
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (418 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1936-7 Dec 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 420; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-419, and ff 376-419; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and have been superseded.
The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, missing out f 193.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 17/5 III
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence, blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the volume (ff 376-419).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Air Officer Commanding, Iraq, 1921-1955
Government of Bahrain, Āl Khalīfa dynasty, 1783- - Subjects:
- Furniture
Office equipment