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IOR/R/15/2/1639
- Record Id:
- 040-000229974
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000176
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058882394.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1639
- Title:
- File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the residence of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning the following:
- The rental of the house
- The connection of the telephone system in the house
- The laying of a water pipe from the artesian well to the house
- The purchase of furniture for the house
- The renewal of the lease of the house
- The installation of a fan in the house
- Repairs needed to the house
- The plan of the new Assistant Political Agent’s residence
- The electric wiring and fittings for the new Assistant Political Agent’s residence.
The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, and the following: the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the State Engineer, Bahrain Government; Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kanoo; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier, Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; and Muhamad Rafi Abdul Qadir Faqihi.
Detailed file notes are found on folios 236 to 264.
The file includes several letters and lease agreements in Arabic (folios 4, 37, 72 to 76, 79, 84, 116, 121, 127, 134, 135, 137, 143, 164, 195, and 222 to 223), some of which are translated into English.
The file includes a blueprint plan of the residence for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain [IOR/R/15/2/1639, f 233].
- 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
040-000229974 - 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/15/2/1639 : File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’ - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/1639, f 233 : ‘Plan of Residence for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain.’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/1639 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0018]/038-000229965[0009]/040-000229974
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (262 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000176
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 15 Apr 1934-1 Nov 1938
- 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 265; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-235 and ff 237-264; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- 18/8
- 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)