Author
the Adviser and the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
28 Feb 1940-2 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
165
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1425
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000a0
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
28 Feb 1940-2 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah.
The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26).
There is further correspondence from the Adviser, notifying that the Post Office was to be vacated and demolished in 1947, to make space for a new building, including a new Post Office; this includes a 'Plan of Proposed Post Office at Manamah, Bahrain', 1946 (folio 29).
There is correspondence on the rent for the new Post Office and a copy of the new lease agreement, signed in 1949 by the Adviser and 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.
(folios 124-127).
The supply of equipment for the Post Office from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) is also subject of the correspondence within the file.
The principal correspondents are: the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; Manama Municipality, the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and 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.
at Bahrain.
There is a document in Arabic with English translation, a receipt from Manama Municipality for taxes paid for the Post Office.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 146-166. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 14/10
