Author
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
18 Nov 1916-20 Oct 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
24
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/70
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000325
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
18 Nov 1916-20 Oct 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file consists of enquiries received by the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Bahrain about trade matters, with further correspondence and statistics, and papers concerning the import of gold into Persia. The papers are as follows:
enquiry from the Chief Political Officer, Basrah [Basra] about the average annual import of tin into Bahrain for the years 1914-1916, with reply from 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, November 1916;
letter from the Director of Customs, Bahrain to 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, with statement and explanatory notes, concerning articles imported into Bahrain Harbour during 1912-1916, November 1916;
papers relating to the export by merchants in Bahrain and elsewhere of large amounts of gold to Persia via Bushire, March - October 1917. British officials suspected that the gold was intended for the Turks in Mesopotamia. The papers include some correspondence in Arabic from merchants in Bahrain, with translations in English, and copies of memoranda and telegrams on the subject between the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Bushire, the Government of India, and other British officials.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
