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'File 6/84 Miscellaneous help to Shaikh and his Relatives' [‎5r] (9/24)

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The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 14 Mar 1944-2 Sep 1945. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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No. &/ of 1564
Office of tne Adviser to
the Governine nt, Bahrain
Dated, Moharram 12, 1364
December 27, 1944.
H. B. M’s 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. , /
Bahr ain. vo ^0 Data
Memorandum: -
His Excellency Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa AlKhalifah
said to me that he spoke to you about his son Shaikh
Ali bin Aodulla being permitted to sell one of the
four vehicles which he had taken from Bahrain for
the "Haj”. Shaikh Ali had taken with him, a pick-up,
a touring car and two buses. After the pilgrimage
King Ibn Saud presented him with a Ford touring car
which he has imported into Bahrain. He now wishes to
sell one bus out of the four vehicles he had taken with
him in place of the car presented to him by the King.
I should be obliged if you would let me know '
your views^ ^ ^
views. -
/// ■ /
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Adviser to the Government.

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The file contains correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the British Consul at Baghdad, and Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamdan Al Sultan bin Saqor of Braimi [Buraimi].

The correspondence covers a few miscellaneous matters, as follows:

  • Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah's interest in sending a relative, Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohamed bin Isa, to Agricultural College in Egypt;
  • a request by Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamdan Al Sultan bin Saqor for employment in Bahrain;
  • Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Khalifah's wish to sell one of his vehicles;
  • petrol issued in Iraq to Shaikh Mohamed Ibn Issa El Khalifeh [Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] by the Iraq Petrolem Company Limited and the question of how it is to be replaced.

Folios 10-11 are internal office notes.

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1 file (10 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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