Author
an agent.
's tennis court. The early correspondence is mostly concerned with replacing the surface of the existing court and requests for advice from the En-Tout-Cas Company regarding suitable material and maintenance. Most of the rest of the file contains correspondence regarding supplies
Publication Date
25 Jan 1933-Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
213
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1634
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000171
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
25 Jan 1933-Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence regarding the repair and maintenance of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's tennis court. The early correspondence is mostly concerned with replacing the surface of the existing court and requests for advice from the En-Tout-Cas Company regarding suitable material and maintenance. Most of the rest of the file contains correspondence regarding supplies, including grit, asphalt, clay, hoses, planks, grass, nets and racquets. The file contains shipping orders and invoices. Most of the correspondence is between Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and the En-Tout-Cas Company, Uberoi Limited and T Tominna and S Uchi.
The file includes twelve folios in Arabic, mostly with English translations, including: correspondence between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, and Mansoor Al Arayedh, November 1935 (folios 23 and 24); and correspondence between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain, and the Secretary, Manamah Baladeyah, Bahrain, dated November 1935 and February 1936 (folios 27, 45, 46 and 47).
Detailed file notes are found on folios 168 to 214.