Author
the Ruler of Bahrain
Publication Date
19 Jan 1928-7 Jan 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
139
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1515
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000fa
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
19 Jan 1928-7 Jan 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence to and from representatives of the Bahrain Sports Club, concerning aspects of the club’s administration, its accommodation, and fundraising activities. Some correspondence in the file alternatively refers to the Club as the Bahrain Recreation Club, and the Bahrain Cricket Club, though it is unclear from correspondence if the latter is a separate entity. The file’s principal correspondents are: 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; representatives of the Government of Bahrain, including the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); various secretaries of the Bahrain Sports Club.
The file includes:
correspondence dated 1928 to 1929 relating to the provision of land or buildings for the Club’s facilities, including land adjacent to the Victoria Memorial Hospital for a cricket pavilion, tennis courts in the municipal gardens, and the rent of a building for use as a clubhouse;
announcements and arrangements for sports events, including a tennis tournament, staged in 1929 (ff 25-27, f 39);
invitations to the official opening of the new tennis courts in 1929, including letters (in Arabic) to and from various members of the Āl Khalīfah family (ff 28-38);
two lists of members of the Bahrain Sports Club, the first forwarded 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.
with a letter dated 8 April 1933 (ff 46-48), the second dated 31 October 1936 (f 50);
a note marked private and confidential, dated 10 February 1937, detailing the Club’s increasing membership and stating the case for the Club having its own clubhouse. The note also outlines proposals for securing a long-term site for such a clubhouse (ff 53-58). No author for the note is given. Following the note are two sketch maps describing a proposed site for the Club (ff 59-60), and a list, with estimated costs, of equipment and furniture required for the clubhouse (f 61);
correspondence concerning the leasing of land, in 1937, to the Bahrain Sports Club for new facilities, consented to by the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah (ff 63-65), including two copies of the lease agreement (ff 77-80);
during the Second World War, correspondence relating to the organisation of a funfair, to raise funds for the maintenance of Club facilities (ff 92-93), war charity football and cricket matches (f 99), and a further funfair, in 1943, to raise funds for the Club and for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Fighter Fund (f 111). A balance sheet showing receipts and expenditure of the 1943 funfair (f 114). Letters from the Indian Red Cross Society (f 119) and HE the Viceroy’s Distress Relief Fund (f 121), give thanks to the Club for its financial contributions, which are intended to help victims of the Bengal Famine.
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 129-141) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/19
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Layout of the proposed Bahrain Sport Club premises
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1515, f 59
Location of a proposed new site for the Bahrain Sports Club
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1515, f 60
