Author
an agent.
gardens. The file’s correspondents include: the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
13 Oct 1927-8 Nov 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,lat
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
314
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1514
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000f9
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
13 Oct 1927-8 Nov 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence and other papers relating to purchases for and the maintenance of the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
gardens. The file’s correspondents include: 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.
(Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch); representatives of the Manama Municipality (writing in Arabic); horticultural suppliers, including Pestonjee P Pocha & Sons of Poona, Bliss & Company of Karachi, and Imperial Chemical Industries (India) Limited; Nora Loch (née Dalyell), wife of 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.
Percy Gordon Loch.
Papers relating to purchases made for a range of supplies (including flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, plants, garden implements, manure, artificial fertilizer, labour) include advertisements, order forms, bills, receipts, and price lists, and correspondence confirming arrangements for the delivery of items to Bahrain. Papers relating to the maintenance of the garden include correspondence relating to the recruitment of a gardener from India, water and electricity supply, and damage to a garden water tank.
Other items in the file include:
a price list of flower and vegetable seeds supplied by Sutton & Sons and imported by Bliss & Company of Karachi, received at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in September 1930 (ff 58-59);
an illustrated brochure of Christmas gifts for gardens, produced by Pestonjee P Pocha & Sons, received at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in November 1930 (ff 73-80);
a brochure advertising new year offers for roses, cannas, chrysanthemums, fruit trees and other plants, produced by Pestonjee P Pocha & sons (ff 115-120);
a price list of Arthur Yates & Company’s Australian flower and vegetable seeds for 1935/1936, supplied by Bliss & Company (f 172);
correspondence dated 1936/1937 between Nora Loch and the curator at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, Roland Edgar Cooper, concerning seeds and plants for the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Garden (ff 226-229, f 232);
a list of cuttings and seeds planted in the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
garden. The list is divided into sources (the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, local sources, the House of the Binns in Scotland, and Egypt), and arranged alphabetically by each plant’s Latin name, with date (presumably the planting date) and notes on its location (ff 183-225);
garden diary entries for the period 16 October 1935 to 6 January 1936 (ff 238-239) and flower lists for the period 13 October 1936 to 21 March 1937 (ff 242-245). These lists are interspersed amongst correspondence sent by Nora Loch, and are likely to have been compiled by her.
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 302-315) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/17 I
