Publication Date
23 Sep 1933-28 Jun 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
270
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1084
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0002b3
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
23 Sep 1933-28 Jun 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence and telegrams 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.
at Bahrain, the Political
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Port Directorate at Basrah, regarding manteineance of the light buoys at Bahrais between 1933 and 1948, and the plan to replace them with permanent beacons in 1938. The file also contains documents on lights and buoys at Dubai.
There are some letters in Arabic, to and from Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents in the file are mostly in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file, (ff. 241-270). The file notes refer to the documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with an index number, which refers back to numbers in red crayon through the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 3/4 II
