Author
an agent.
Medical Officer at Bahrain held by Assistant Surgeon Dr R Holmes. Details include: extensions to his duty at Bahrain in 1932
Publication Date
7 Feb 1932-17 Apr 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
56
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/181
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000394
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
7 Feb 1932-17 Apr 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between the British
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.
at Bahrain; the British
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.
at Bushire; Dr R Holmes, Assistant Surgeon, Bahrain; Major Charles Geoffrey Prior; Deputy Secretary, Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi; and the Bahrain Council of Regency (
Majlis al-wiṣāyah
) consisting of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government.
These correspondence concern the post of
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Medical Officer at Bahrain held by Assistant Surgeon Dr R Holmes. Details include: extensions to his duty at Bahrain in 1932 (ff. 2-3), 1934 (ff. 7-9), 1936 (ff. 17-18, 26-28 and 30-34) and 1938 (ff. 38-45); the promotion of Holmes 1935-37 (ff. 10-16, 19-26 and 35-37); and transferring to the post of
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon at Bushire in 1941 prior to his retirement (ff. 47-49).
Many of these correspondence take the form of recommendations and therefore contain details concerning the number of patients treated by Holmes and his duties, including his role as Quarantine Medical Officer and at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, treatment of Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah for diabetes, treatment of Baharinah (Shiite) women, medical work on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and his knowledge of Arabic and Persian. Folio 39 is a recommendation letter by the Bahrain Council of Regency and contains an example of Belgrave's Arabic seal.
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Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order. There are file notes at the end of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential file: 3/6
