Author
locals
Publication Date
5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
276
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/403
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000222
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
5 Mar 1939-5 Nov 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains 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.
in Bahrain, 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 Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on reservation of land and infrastructures to be built on Sitra Island and some correspondence with the Sheikh of Bahrain, asking for his help to retrieve 116 cases of dynamite dispersed in Huwais on the Qatar coast during a storm and taken by locals (folios 135-136).
The volume also includes semestral 'Abstracts of accounts of oil measured' and 'Statement on Royalty' and monthly details on 'Shipments of oil from Bahrain' for 1938-1940.
There are maps showing:
'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Permanent Camp (Awali) Reservation' (f. 46);
'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Rifa Class II-B Townsite' (f. 57);
'Bahrain Petroleum Co. Ltd. - Reservation for Golf Course & Agricultural Purposes' (f. 90)
and Tank Charts (ff. 206-209).
There are some letters and documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 251-270). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential files: 10/1 XVI
