Author
an agent.
in Bahrain. Due to the War
Publication Date
29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
218
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1664
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00018f
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
29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King’s Birthday and New Year’s Day between 1939 and 1945 at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain. Due to the War, the arrangements for the King’s Birthday celebrations at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
were cancelled between the years 1940 and 1944, and invitations were only sent to the Shaikh of Bahrain and his family. For the King’s Birthday, a notice was sent regularly by the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
announcing which day in June the birthday would occur that year. For Christmas, a memorandum was sent by 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.
in Bahrain with a sum of money to the Adviser to the Bahrain Government. The memorandum instructed the Adviser to distribute sweets among the prisoners on Christmas Day. The following arrangements were made for each ceremony when it took place:
refreshments including biscuits (Nice), coffee, sherbet, crystallised cherries, Mackintosh toffees and tin biscuits (unsweetened) were ordered mainly from Jashanmal & Son;
European and American community members as well as Bahrain Petroleum Company’s staff were invited;
personal invitations were sent to Shaikh Hamad Bin ‘Isa al-Khalifa and Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Bin ‘Isa al-Khalifa respectively;
a guard was appointed to receive the Shaikhs and their family members at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
;
the speech of the appointed
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.
was read on the occasion, focusing mainly on malaria and education in Bahrain as well as affairs concerning the Second World War (1939-45).
Lists of invitees from among Manamah and Muharraq notables, and Indian invitees, and records of absentees were drawn up. After each ceremony a report was written summarising the event. The correspondence is mainly between Political Agents Hugh Weightman, Major Reginald George Evelyn William Alban and Tom Hickinbotham, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and Shaikh Hamad Bin ‘Isa al-Khalifa and Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Bin ‘Isa al-Khalifa.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 212-219 are file notes.
