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'File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool'

Title	'File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool'
Author	the town's Hindu
Publication Date:	12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	14
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1693
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x0001ac
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	12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain 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. (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauchub ) by the town's Hindu ( Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. ) community for bathing, drinking and washing, and by the Al Khalifa family as a source of water for the irrigation of their date gardens. The file contains notes made by Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff, based on visits to the baths, which record the arrangement of the baths, their different uses, and the condition of the water found within them. In a letter dated 6 May 1929, 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. (now Captain Prior) writes to the Hindu community (folio 10), requesting that they refrain from using soap in the baths, which is producing white slime in the water, presumably making it unsuitable for irrigation purposes.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	Correspondence in the file is arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the front of the file to the latest at the end.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	Vernacular Office: File 23/1

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'File 23/1 Acquisition of property in Bahrain by Shaikh Muhammad ibn `Isa Al Khalifa; Hindu Bathing Pool'

Author the town's Hindu

Publication Date 12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 14

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1693

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x0001ac

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 12 Nov 1928-6 May 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain 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. (Colonel Barrett, from November 1927 to April 1929), representatives of the Hindu community in Manama, and the Khalifa ruling family. The correspondence refers to the ownership and use of freshwater pools (referred to as chauchub ) by the town's Hindu ( Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. ) community for bathing, drinking and washing, and by the Al Khalifa family as a source of water for the irrigation of their date gardens. The file contains notes made by Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff, based on visits to the baths, which record the arrangement of the baths, their different uses, and the condition of the water found within them. In a letter dated 6 May 1929, 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. (now Captain Prior) writes to the Hindu community (folio 10), requesting that they refrain from using soap in the baths, which is producing white slime in the water, presumably making it unsuitable for irrigation purposes.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme Correspondence in the file is arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the front of the file to the latest at the end.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) Vernacular Office: File 23/1