Yazar
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Basım Tarihi
10 Jan 1938-18 Oct 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Tür
Belge
Dil
ara,eng
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
456
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/2/1136
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000241.0x000307
Lokasyon
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.
Tarih
10 Jan 1938-18 Oct 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
The file concerns the payment by the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain of expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, particularly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.
The correspondence is mainly from 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; staff of Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; the
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.
Agent, Sharjah; and the Air Liaison Officer, RAF Bahrain. There is also some correspondence from 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.
, the Government of India and the
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.
.
The papers cover: correspondence and receipts recording monthly payments made by the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain (through the
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.
Agent, Sharjah) to the Ruler of Dubai for hire of a petrol
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
and pay for its guards, for the period December 1937 to November 1941, and to the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah for pay of guards on the petrol barge, for the period December 1937 to June 1942; monthly bills of expenditure incurred by the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain on behalf of the RAF, sent to the Command Accountant, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; correspondence concerning payment of sundry expenses incurred by the RAF in Bahrain, (e.g. the use by RAF personnel of the Bahrain Rest House); correspondence concerning accounting arrangements for the payment of expenses incurred by the RAF, including the handover of responsibility for all payments other than those to the rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah to the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (from September 1939); and correspondence between the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) 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.
, Bahrain concerning the transfer of responsibility for payments for the guards on the petrol barge at Ras al Khaimah to BOAC, October 1942.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately eighty items of correspondence (all with translations into English) 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.
, Bahrain and the
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.
Agent, Sharjah; and approximately twenty other items, mostly receipts issued by the Rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah (all with translations into English).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 433-457. Circled reference numbers in blue and red crayon refer to entries in the notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office files: 4/20 III
