‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’

IOR/R/15/2/1548

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The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933. 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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Content: Correspondence and file notes relating to horses (a young mare and filly) given as a gift 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. at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) by the King of Nejd and Hejaz, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in 1930. The correspondence concerns: Prior’s disdain at the gift, noting that the mare is ‘quite useless’ (f 3, f 10); the transfer of the horses to stables in Bahrain belonging to Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; file notes dated 1933, concerning Prior’s successor’s (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch) attempt to determine the present circumstances of the horses, and their transfer to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah (ff 5-8). The file contains a single letter in Arabic.
Extent and format: 1 file (11 folios)
Physical characteristics: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in 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 2-12; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Written in: English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
Type: Archival file

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/2/1548
Former external reference(s): English Office: File 16/40
Date(s): 15 Mar 1930-19 Jun 1933 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: HorsesGiftsDiplomacy
People & organisations: King of Hejaz and Najd

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title: ‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Pages: 2v
Author: Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1548
Title: ‘File 16/40 Horses belonging to the Political Agent Bahrain –Correspondence ref:’
Pages: front, front-i, 2r, 3r:12v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence