Publication Date
1 Dec 1933-19 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
231
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/393
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0001f8
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
1 Dec 1933-19 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between 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.
in Bahrain, the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Bushire, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the acquisition of land on Sitra Island, under the prospecting license for the purpose of ships anchorage, on a refinery to be built on Bahrain Island, and on the employment of United States' personnel in Bahrain.
There are several maps in the volume:
Sketch Map of Sitra Island and Sitra Channel, off the coast of the Bahrain Island (f. 15);
'Sketch "D" Layout of Ships Anchorage' (f. 72);
'Sketch "E" Channel Marking Buoys' (f. 73);
blue print of 'Area to be Reserved for Permanent Camp' (f. 138);
blue print of 'SUBMARINE LINE TERMINAL' (f. 157).
The volume also includes: crew list of people on board the Standard Oil of California's tank ship
El Secundo
, sailed from San Pedro, California, to Bahrain. (folios 149-151) and newspaper cuttings about the discovery of oil in the Gulf. There are letters in Arabic to and from the Sheikh of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifah.
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 206-220). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential files: 10/1 VI
