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IOR/R/15/2/1638
- Record Id:
- 040-000229973
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000175
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057282228.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1638
- Title:
- 'File 18/6 IV Agency Buildings. Special Repairs. Vols I to III.’
- Scope & Content:
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The file consists of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to works to be carried out to the Political Agency in Bahrain.
It includes correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Executive Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf Sub-Division, regarding requirements of original works and additions and alterations, which the Political Agent considered necessary to be carried out in the Agency Buildings for particular years.
It also includes correspondence between the Political Agent and the Army and Navy Stores regarding the despatch and shipment of six rolls of copper gauze.
In addition, the file includes correspondence relating to the following: water borne sanitation in the Agency building; repairs needed to the Agency roof; fans required for rooms in the Agency building; the rewiring of the Political Agency (this correspondence includes an envelope, folio 242, containing a sample of wire).
Other correspondents include: the Assistant Engineer, Independent Persian Gulf Sub-Division; the State Engineer, Government of Bahrain; the Superintendent, Public Works Department, Bahrain; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf (‘Britconsul, Bushire’ in the telegrams); and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
Detailed file notes are found on folios 249 to 297.
The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 37).
The file includes architectural drawings on folios 28 [IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 28], 50 [IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 50] and 53 [IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 53].
- 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
040-000229973 - 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/15/2/1638 : 'File 18/6 IV Agency Buildings. Special Repairs. Vols I to III.’ - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 28 : Plan of the Confidential Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and Elevations
IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 50 : Plan of the Office Building of the Political Agent, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1638, f 53 : Plan and Elevations of the Proposed Clerk’s Office of the Political Agency, Bahrain
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/1638 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0018]/038-000229965[0008]/040-000229973
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (296 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000175
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 29 Dec 1940-20 Jul 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- 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 298; 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 in parallel between ff 2-218; these numbers are also written in pencil or crayon, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- 18/6 IV
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)