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IOR/R/15/2/1841
- Record Id:
- 040-000230192
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000240
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100081058988.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1841
- Title:
- File A/3 Miscellaneous correspondence with Bushire Residency
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence and papers relating to a number of miscellaneous slave matters, brought to the attention of, or communicated from, the Political Agency in Bahrain, including the following: an incident involving a Persian [Iranian] man, who had previously been convicted of selling alcohol in Bahrain, and had tried to re-enter the country with forged papers (folios 3-7); correspondence with the Residency Agent at Sharjah regarding a man instructed to return from Sharjah to his native India, but who had absconded without notice to Bahrain or Qatar (folios 8-14); complaints by the Shaikh of Kalba over the theft of gold ornaments by one of his servants (folios 15-19); copies of an article (sent to the Agency by the Bahrain merchant Yūsuf Kanoo) that appeared in the Cairo newspaper Al Shabab (30 June 1937), criticising the Bahrain Government's policy of the compulsory sale of land under foreign (but specifically Saudi, not British) ownership (English translations of the article are on folios 25-26 and 27-29, with an Arabic version on folios 30-31); slave manumission statistics for the region under the jurisdiction of the Bahrain Agency, April 1948-March 1949 (folio 36).
- 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
037-000230174
040-000230192 - 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/15/2/1824-1980 : Bahrain Agency, Vernacular Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1841 : File A/3 Miscellaneous correspondence with Bushire Residency - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0009]/037-000230174[0018]/040-000230192
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000240
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 29 Dec 1934-13 Jun 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file contains three foliation anomalies: f 1a, f 1b and f 1c.
- Former External References:
- Vernacular Office Files: A/3
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence and other items in the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest at the front of the file, to the latest at the end. Office notes (ff 39-44) at the end of the file mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)