'File 18/5 Agency Tennis Courts'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding the repair and maintenance of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's tennis court. The early correspondence is mostly concerned with replacing the surface of the existing court and requests for advice from the En-Tout-Cas Company regarding suitable material and maintenance. Most of the rest of the file contains correspondence regarding supplies, including grit, asphalt, clay, hoses, planks, grass, nets and racquets. The file contains shipping orders and invoices. Most of the correspondence is between Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and the En-Tout-Cas Company, Uberoi Limited and T Tominna and S Uchi.

The file includes twelve folios in Arabic, mostly with English translations, including: correspondence 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 Mansoor Al Arayedh, November 1935 (folios 23 and 24); and correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, and the Secretary, Manamah Baladeyah, Bahrain, dated November 1935 and February 1936 (folios 27, 45, 46 and 47).

Detailed file notes are found on folios 168 to 214.

Extent and format

1 file (213 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 168-214 contain File Notes.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 215; 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, with gaps, beginning on folio 4; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

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/15/2/1634

Former external reference(s)

English Office File: 18/5

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Jan 1933-Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Uberoi LtdEn-Tout-Cas Sports Surfaces LtdT Tominna and S Uchi, construction and maintenance contractors

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