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'File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'

Title	'File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'
Author	an agent. in Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding Belgrave's contract and pay.
Publication Date:	11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	159
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/899
Record ID	vdc_100000000241.0x00016a
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	11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summer of 1934. The rest of the file is predominantly concerned with general discussions regarding the alteration of Belgrave’s terms of service, covering his pay and leave, as well as specific arrangements for his leave in India in the early 1940s. In the final folios of the file, the correspondence discusses increasing opposition to Belgrave within Bahrain in the late 1940s. Of particular interest are folios 124-126, these being an anonymous letter from ‘the people of Bahrain’ to the Minister of Colonies in London, expressing their discontent with Belgrave’s position of power. Folio 137 is an English translation of an article that appeared in Arab World magazine, condemning Belgrave. The Arabic original is contained on Folio 150. The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence (in Arabic and English) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding Belgrave's contract and pay.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	Confidential Files: 42/1 File no: 5/20

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'File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'

Author an agent. in Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding Belgrave's contract and pay.

Publication Date 11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 159

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/899

Record ID vdc_100000000241.0x00016a

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 11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summer of 1934. The rest of the file is predominantly concerned with general discussions regarding the alteration of Belgrave’s terms of service, covering his pay and leave, as well as specific arrangements for his leave in India in the early 1940s. In the final folios of the file, the correspondence discusses increasing opposition to Belgrave within Bahrain in the late 1940s. Of particular interest are folios 124-126, these being an anonymous letter from ‘the people of Bahrain’ to the Minister of Colonies in London, expressing their discontent with Belgrave’s position of power. Folio 137 is an English translation of an article that appeared in Arab World magazine, condemning Belgrave. The Arabic original is contained on Folio 150. The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence (in Arabic and English) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah regarding Belgrave's contract and pay.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) Confidential Files: 42/1 File no: 5/20