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IOR/R/15/2/1631

Record Id:

040-000229966

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000228236

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00016e

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100042408269.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/2/1631

Title:

File 18/1 II Repairs to Buildings Ordinary Repairs

Scope & Content:

The file relates to repairs needed to, or being carried out on, various rooms of the Bahrain Agency building, and other works including the placement of a new artesian well and repairs to a wall in the Agency garden. The file contains requests from the Political Agent, Bahrain, to British, Indian and American firms for quotes and suggestions for suitable materials. The file also contains price lists, orders for material and invoices.

The file includes two items of correspondence in both English and Arabic between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Secretary, Manamah Baladeyah, Bahrain, dated January and February 1936 (folios 88 and 90).

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
038-000229965
040-000229966

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/15/2/1631-1649 : File 18: Buildings and Works

IOR/R/15/2/1631 : File 18/1 II Repairs to Buildings Ordinary Repairs

Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0018]/038-000229965[0001]/040-000229966

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file (275 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00016e

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Languages:

Arabic
English

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1933

End Date:

1948

Date Range:

4 Mar 1933-5 Apr 1948

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 276; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-206, and ff 211-257; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Former External References:

English Office File: 18/1 II

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)