Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
4 Jul 1940-24 Apr 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
21
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1307
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00002a
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 Jul 1940-24 Apr 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to a scheme for a water supply for Manama, Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and the Bahrain State Engineer (Hubert Poyntz-Gaynor Leigh). The file includes:
a draft of the initial proposal, written by WB Steele, the State Engineer, with details of pumps, storage, mains, control, and drainage (folios 3-6);
excerpts from minutes of the Anti-Malarial Committee meetings of 16, 22, and 29 July 1940 relating to the proposal (folios 7-9);
correspondence concerning all aspects of the scheme, including its revival and expansion after the end of the Second World War;
Government notices and circulars related to the scheme.
Folios 19-21 are internal office notes.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 6/89
