Author
an agent.
of office closures
Publication Date
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
412
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1554
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000121
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
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Notices were received from: the Government of Bahrain, including the Adviser to the Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) and the Director of Customs (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, George William Reginald Smith); managers and other representatives of Eastern Bank Limited; the Manager of the Imperial Bank of Iran (referred to as the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East from 1949 onwards); representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company; representatives of the Bahrain Post Office; representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); and from 1947, 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
A small proportion of letters in the file are notices from institutions (the Royal Navy) and commercial concerns (BAPCO, the Arabian-American Oil Company), informing the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of changes to personnel.
Some notices are written in Arabic as well as in English.
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 400-413) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: 16/44
