Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
22 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
279
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1568
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00012f
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
22 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence and other papers of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain, and other British offices in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, including those at Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās].
The routine correspondence covers:
the ordering, exchange and delivery of items, including foodstuffs, mechanical items (including batteries, radios, refrigerators, stoves) and other supplies (including washing soda, books, glass panes), with delivery and shipping notes issued by Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited;
the delivery of items by mail;
the procurement of mechanical services and repairs, of staff for offices, and of sea passages for individuals.
Other items in the file include:
a letter from Ward P Anderson, Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), dated 7 March 1946, on the oiling of road surfaces in Bahrain, and the practicalities of oiling roads in Muscat (ff 144-145);
papers dated October 1946 reporting the theft of jewellery from the home of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson in Kuwait, including a list of stolen valuables (f 204, ff 207-208).
The file contains a receipt in Arabic, received from the Government of Bahrain’s Food Department (folios 157-158).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 257-280) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/57
