Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
3 Dec 1910-19 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
84
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/54
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000315
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
3 Dec 1910-19 Dec 1917 (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; F H E Townshend,
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.
Engineer, Bushire; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah and his secretary, Saqr bin Muḥammad al-Zayānī; M Shafi, draftsman of Puplic Works Department, Bushire; and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Ḥasan al-Gosaibi [al-Quṣaybī].
These correspondence concern acquiring a plot of land from Mubārak bin Aḥmad al-Fārsī to build quarters for clerks at the British Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain; details of the inhabitants of that plot of land, referred to as the
al-‘arīsh
, and compensation for their dispossession; plans for building on the plot of land; and the status of land adjecent to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's land.
Included within this file is a sketch of the land acquired (f. 49) and a compensation certificate with thumb prints and seals of the
al-‘arīsh
residents (f. 43). The file also includes an envelope entitled 'Rough sketches vide letters post' but the contents are missing.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This volume is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential File: 3/4