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IOR/R/15/2/1605
- Record Id:
- 040-000229939
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000154
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1605
- Title:
- File 17/5 IV Furniture and stores for Agency
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and various merchants, regarding orders of office equipment and furniture. The file also contains correspondence with the Bahrain Government regarding the repair of Government vehicles, and police paperwork relating to a road accident involving an ambulance.
There are papers regarding fire preparedness at the front of the file, including a booklet by the Ministry of Works, Instructions for the Guidance of Volunteer Fire Squads (ff 9-31).
The following businesses appear as correspondents within the file: Mohamed Abdul Aziz Alajaji & Bros; Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kannoo; the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd.; Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.; J E Khedouri & Sons; William Jacks & Co.; Richardson & Cruddas Ironworks, Bombay; the Beeston Boiler Co. Ltd.; LEP Transport & Depository Ltd.; Imperial & International Communications Ltd.; the Strick & Ellerman Line; Heal & Son Ltd.; the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); the Modern Furniture Works; Thomas Locker & Co Ltd; Lotia Stores; Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd.; the Bombay General Agency; Sparling Patent Lock Works; Moti Stores; Keale & Co.; the Chatwood Safe Co. Ltd.; Pryke & Palmer Ltd.; Lekhraj & Sons; Peer Mohd. & Sons; Harrods; Herbert Terry & Sons Ltd.; and William Whiteley Ltd.
- 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
040-000229939 - 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/15/2/1605 : File 17/5 IV Furniture and stores for Agency - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0017]/038-000229928[0011]/040-000229939
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (336 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 13 Dec 1944-8 Dec 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 337; 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 also present in parallel between ff 38-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 17/5 IV
- 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 file, ff 297-337.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of Bahrain, Āl Khalīfa dynasty, 1783-
- Subjects:
- Furniture
Office equipment