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IOR/R/15/2/1758
- Record Id:
- 040-000230102
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001ed
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029101944.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1758
- Title:
- File 31/2 [17/6 III] Books and Periodicals, Supply of
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence related to the purchase of books and maps by the Political Agency at Bahrain, subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, and supply of news cuttings. The documents in the file are orders for books and stationery, cheques, receipts of payment, and newspaper cuttings.
The principal correspondents are: The Times; The Times Book Club; F P Baker & Co Limited; Durrant's Press Cuttings; Cartier Limited; National Geographic Society; various printers and booksellers in the United Kingdom; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Map Sales Service at the Survey of India, in Calcutta; the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.
There is a letter in French within the file, from Le Messager de Teheran; and a newspaper article in Arabic, from the Lebanese newspaper Al Nida, with English translation
- 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
038-000230101
040-000230102 - 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/15/2/1758-1763 : File 31 Books and Publications
IOR/R/15/2/1758 : File 31/2 [17/6 III] Books and Periodicals, Supply of - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0027]/038-000230101[0001]/040-000230102
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (261 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001ed
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English
French - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 17 Aug 1933-11 Dec 1934
- 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 263; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- 17/6 III
English Office Files: 31/2 - Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 257-262. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)