Author
Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Publication Date
1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
32
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/751
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0002d8
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
1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains two copies of a concession agreement between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Government of Bahrain (represented by Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain). The agreements (folios 3-16) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, 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.
in Bahrain and have wax impressions of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's official seal on the reverse of their final folios. The agreements are bi-lingual (English and Arabic) and every folio of one copy (folios 10-17) has been stamped with Shaikh Salman's personal seal.
The file also contains draft copies of the agreement (folios 17-32) in both English and Arabic with annotations and corrections in pencil.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
