'File 18/11 Buildings Repairs Agency Buildings – Correspondence re – Water pumps for the Bahrain Agency.'

IOR/R/15/2/1642

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The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1934-20 Jun 1950. 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 file contains papers relating to electric water pumps for the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .

The file includes 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 the following: the State Engineer, Bahrain Government; the Secretary to 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. ; Khalil bin Ibrahim Kanoo; Charles Dalyrmple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; John Blake Limited, Hydraulic Engineers; Ramchand Jethmal, Iron, Steel and Hardware Merchants; Sigmund Pumps Limited; and Worthington-Simpson Limited, Engineers.

It also includes: an illustrated catalogue for Water Supply by Blake’s Hydrams (folios 7 to 26); a sale catalogue for Sigma Type V High Pressure Multi-Stage Turbine Pumps (folios 42 to 47); and advertisements for Beresford-Stork Pumps (folio 27), Tangye ‘AR’ Type End Suction Centrifugal Pumps (folios 53 to 54), and Worthington Simpson Monobloc Centrifugal Pumps (folios 62 to 63).

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1 file (73 folios)
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The papers are 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 75; 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 2-54; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English in Latin script
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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/15/2/1642
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18/11

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1 Mar 1934-20 Jun 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

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'File 18/11 Buildings Repairs Agency Buildings – Correspondence re – Water pumps for the Bahrain Agency.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1642, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000179> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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