Author
an agent.
. The principal correspondents are: the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
4 Nov 1931-28 Jan 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
388
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1506
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000f1
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
4 Nov 1931-28 Jan 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. The principal correspondents are: 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.
; representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier).
Most of the correspondence relates to a miscellany of trivial matters, ranging from the forwarding of mail, lost swimming caps, an urgent need for cooks, and broken-down refrigerators. Matters of greater import include:
applications and references from a number of individuals, who write to 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 search of employment;
correspondence relating to the sale of unwanted items, including an oil barge from Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], items belonging to the former Vice-Consul at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], a motor launch belonging to the Vice Consulate at Khorramshahr, and motor cars belonging to Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban;
correspondence from manufacturing and trading companies in Britain (Moore Eady & Murcott Goode Limited; Hanger, Watson and Harris Limited) and India (Cine
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
India) relating to imports into Bahrain;
in 1932, arrangements to send a horse, a gift for King Bin Sa’ud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd), from Bahrain to Kuwait by sea (ff 35-39);
also in 1932, information relating to the changes of names of various towns and cities in Iran (ff 94-95);
a request from the New Zealand philatelist Raymond James George Collins, for the return of ‘flown covers’ (stamped envelopes sent to Bahrain, ff 141-142);
correspondence regarding recommended grasses for growing to prevent the advance of sand dunes, and a letter written by DeGrenier, containing recommendations for the import of various seeds and plants to Bahrain, to assist in improving Bahrain’s climate (ff 228-230);
the dispatch by launch of three crates containing whisky, gin and beer, from Bahrain to the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait, and the subsequent loss of the launch and its cargo at sea (ff 318-325).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 373-389) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/11 II
