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IOR/R/15/2/1635
- Record Id:
- 040-000229970
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000172
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043768782.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1635
- Title:
- File 18/6 Special repairs to the Agency buildings
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence regarding repairs to the Agency Building in Bahrain. Most of the work discussed is included in a list of requirements for original works, alterations and additions produced each year by the Political Agent, Bahrain and sent to the Assistant Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf Sub-Division. The subsequent papers and correspondence include estimates, descriptions of the work, sketches and plans, invoices, discussions regarding suitability of material, and Certificates of Completion.
Work carried out includes plastering the walls of the Indian Assistant's Office, repairs to the walls of the Agency Building which was infected with damp (including correspondence with the Ironite Company Limited and the Walpamur Company Limited regarding the most suitable material to use), re-plastering the pillars of the courtyard, repairs to the wooden flooring of the Head Clerk's Office, repairs to the verandahs of the Agency's ground floor, repairs to the pier, the installation of water-borne sanitation and a running water supply in the bathrooms, and repairs to the servants' quarters. The file also discusses the need for extra accommodation for visitors.
The file includes two folios of correspondence in Arabic with English translations, between the Bahrain Political Agency and Abdullatif al Zayani, dated March 1936 (folios 196 and 197).
File notes are found on folios 236-321.
- 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
040-000229970 - 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/15/2/1635 : File 18/6 Special repairs to the Agency buildings - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0018]/038-000229965[0005]/040-000229970
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000172
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 13 Jan 1933-19 Jun 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this file commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 322; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There are various irregular additional foliation sequences present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 100-115 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- English Office File: 18/6
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 236-321 contain File Notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)