'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
IOR/R/15/1/345
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The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1942-15 Feb 1947. It was written in English. 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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The majority of the documents contained in this file date from 1946 and 1947. The information contained in them relates to the state of Bahrain's economy and infrastructure post-World War Two. The documents contain discussions between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave (the adviser to the Bahrain Government) concerning reforms in state finances, public health, engineering, education, customs, the judiciary and the police force. The file also contains financial records related to the Government of Bahrain's revenue and expenditure.
Folios 2-8 contain an unrelated report (written by Charles Belgrave) that discusses disturbances in Bahrain that took place during Muharram festivities in January 1942.
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- 1 file (60 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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Formerly a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on the file cover and continues to last page. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Additional inconsistent foliation, also in pencil, starts with 9 on f.2. There is also occasional inconsistent pagination in blue crayon.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/345
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- A Series: 19/169 IV
- Date(s)
- 3 Feb 1942-15 Feb 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 3r:8v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 28r:33v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 35r:35v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 45r:45v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 56r:56v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 9r:27v, 34r:34v, 36r:44v, 46r:46v, 47v, 47r:47v, 47v:55v, 57r:60v, back, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence