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IOR/R/15/2/1634
- Record Id:
- 040-000229969
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000171
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042691127.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1634
- Title:
- File 18/5 Agency Tennis Courts
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding the repair and maintenance of the Political Agency's tennis court. The early correspondence is mostly concerned with replacing the surface of the existing court and requests for advice from the En-Tout-Cas Company regarding suitable material and maintenance. Most of the rest of the file contains correspondence regarding supplies, including grit, asphalt, clay, hoses, planks, grass, nets and racquets. The file contains shipping orders and invoices. Most of the correspondence is between Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and the En-Tout-Cas Company, Uberoi Limited and T Tominna and S Uchi.
The file includes twelve folios in Arabic, mostly with English translations, including: correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and Mansoor Al Arayedh, November 1935 (folios 23 and 24); and correspondence between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Secretary, Manamah Baladeyah, Bahrain, dated November 1935 and February 1936 (folios 27, 45, 46 and 47).
Detailed file notes are found on folios 168 to 214.
- 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
040-000229969 - 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/15/2/1634 : File 18/5 Agency Tennis Courts - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0018]/038-000229965[0004]/040-000229969
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (213 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000171
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 25 Jan 1933-Dec 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 215; 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, with gaps, beginning on folio 4; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office File: 18/5
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 168-214 contain File Notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)