Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

IOR/R/15/2/2005

Record Id:
040-000230361
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000228236
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002e4
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100182263039.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2005
Title:
File 21/4 Medical work in Qatar
Scope & Content:

This file contains correspondence related to the provision of medical care in Qatar. The file also contains information specifically related to the health of the Ruler of Qatar, [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] and other members of his family.

On folios 2-4 the file contains a report written by Dr Richard Henry Barter Steele after he visited Qatar in 1945 to treat the Al Thani family. The file also contains a report on medical arrangements in Qatar from 1948 and a report on quarantine arrangements in the country from 1950.

The file contains a limited amount of correspondence in Arabic (with English translations) sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain from the Ruler of Qatar regarding his medical treatment and related matters.

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
037-000230352
038-000230353
040-000230361
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/15/2/1998-2022 : Bahrain Agency, Additional files
IOR/R/15/2/1998-2015 : Confidential Files

 

IOR/R/15/2/2005 : File 21/4 Medical work in Qatar
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0013]/037-000230352[0001]/038-000230353[0008]/040-000230361
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
English
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1945
End Date:
1950
Date Range:
6 Dec 1945-28 Dec 1950
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

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 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in either the top right corner or the top centre of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-54; these numbers written in a combination of blue ink and pencil, but are not circled.
Former External References:
21/4
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)
Subjects:
Medical conditions
Places:
Qatar, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Related Archive Descriptions:
IOR/R/15/2/608