Author
the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain
Publication Date
6 Feb 1949-11 Jun 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
31
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1590
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000145
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
6 Feb 1949-11 Jun 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Papers relating to twenty Somalis who arrived in Bahrain from Qatar in February 1949, claiming to be survivors of a shipwrecking off the coast of Muscat. The papers include:
an account by the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain (f 5, f 9);
correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
concerning the provision of maintenance for the Somalis, and possible repatriation to British Somaliland [Somalia];
correspondence 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.
at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly) and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) on the increasing numbers of Somalis in Manama, and speculation that the Somalis who arrived in Bahrain had in fact travelled to Qatar to seek work at the oil company in Qatar (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited);
papers exchanged between the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and the Secretariat of Hargeisa [Hargeysa] in the Somaliland Protectorate, for a passport application submitted by a Somali. The papers include a bond and affidavit, both bearing British Somaliland stamps (f 21, f 23).
Some of the correspondence in the file is in Arabic with English translation.
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 27-31) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/81
