Author
an agent.
Publication Date
7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
belge
Language
eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
185
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1626
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000169
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
7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Government of India) for those orders. Correspondents include the following: 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.
, Bahrain; 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, Sharjah; the Times Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Thacker and Company, Bombay (booksellers, publishers, stationers and printers); the British Consulate, Khorramshahr; Gale and Polden Limited (printers, publishers and stationers).
In addition to correspondence the file includes two folders (requested from Gale and Polden by 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.
) of specimens of Christmas cards produced for embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic missions, as well as colonial protectorates. In a letter, dated 2 June 1949 and addressed to the Christmas Card Manager at Gale and Polden (folio 105), 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.
requests 200 Christmas cards, similar in style to the card for the British Embassy, Washington DC, which features in one of the specimen folders. The file contains a photograph (and its negative) of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain. In the aforementioned letter, 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.
specifies that this photograph should be included on the Christmas card.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 17/25
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Negative of the Political Agency, Bahrain. Photographer: Unknown
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1626, f 115
Photograph of the Political Agency, Bahrain. Photographer: Unknown
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1626, f 124
