Publication Date
17 Jan 1932-11 Feb 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
203
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/175
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x00038e
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
17 Jan 1932-11 Feb 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains papers concerning the finances of the Bahrain State including correspondence between Trenchard Craven Fowle,
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.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; and Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain.
The correspondence discusses measures to economise such as the reduction of the Civil List; enhanced customs rates on liquor, tobacco, and luxury articles.
The file includes letters in Arabic with accompanying translation from Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], 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.
, Bahrain (folio 135 and folio 168).
It also includes a number of statistical tables:
'Statement of Revenue and Expenditure of Bahrain Government till end of Rajab 1351 (seventh month)' (ff. 156-159);
'Tables of revenue of Muscat and Oman Government for the period ending 1932 as compared with the sanctioned Budget estimates for the year 1932' (ff 84-85).
Other correspondents include: Captain Charles Gordon Prior,
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.
, Bahrain; Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Sistan and Kain; Charles illiam Dixon, Dominions Office, London; Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Percy Loch,
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.
, Bahrain; John Charles Walton,
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.
, London.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Office: 1/B/2
