Author
American officials based in Iraq.
Correspondence on folios 1-86 relates to visits made to Bahrain by Paul Knabenshue
Publication Date
27 Feb 1934-30 Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
136
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/855
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000126
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
27 Feb 1934-30 Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding visits to Bahrain made by American officials based in Iraq.
Correspondence on folios 1-86 relates to visits made to Bahrain by Paul Knabenshue, the Minister Resident of the United States of America in Baghdad, in 1934 (folios 1-72), 1937 (folios 73-79) and 1940 (folios 80-86).
Further correspondence in the file relates to a visit to Bahrain made by Knabenshue's successor, Loy W Henderson, in March 1944 (folios 87-109). This section includes a note on Henderson's visit written by Major Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's
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 (folios 95-97).
The file also contains correspondence regarding a visit that Henderson's successor, George Wadsworth, planned to make to Bahrain in 1947 but that was eventually cancelled (folios 111-120).
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, but the file also includes a limited amount of correspondence with US officials, local rulers (some of which is in Arabic), and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO).
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: 36/3 File no: 1a/20 (a)