Author
the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
26 Jun 1926-6 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
309
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1607
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000156
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
26 Jun 1926-6 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. To this end it contains receipts and bills, 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.
(Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prior) and suppliers, and related internal notes by the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. The principal suppliers are Thacker Spink and Company, Calcutta; Government of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta; Pioneer Press; Taraporevala and Company, Bombay; and Near East and India Limited. There is also related correspondence with the Eastern Bank Limited, and between various British officials; the Secretary 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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) being the most prominent.
The file also contains the following:
various updates to the list of firms to be used to 'supply articles for the public service' (ff 14-15, ff 39-41, ff 57-58, ff 69-70);
a list of Arabic newspapers read in Bahrain (f 47);
correspondence respecting updates and amendments to an entry on the 'Bahrein Islands' in the
Stateman's Year Book
in 1926 and 1927 (ff 75-86, ff 153-154, ff 171-173, and ff 184-185);
a copy of
First List of Names in Persia (South)
, published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1928 (ff 161-168);
a list of questions concerning the rulers of Bahrain for the publication
The Moslem Nobility
(f 269).
The Arabic language content consists of only a few folios; this includes receipts from the
Al 'Iraq
newspaper, and a letter from Muhammad Aqil Khunji, Secretary of Al-Montada Al-Islami, Bahrein, with 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.
's reply.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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