'File D/3 Correspondence with Aden regarding Miscellaneous Matters'

Content

This file concerns an Aden-born twenty-five year old woman, Mariam bint Ahmed, and requests – made both by her brothers in Aden and by her Bahraini husband's son in Bahrain – for her to be repatriated to Aden. Mariam bint Ahmed's divorce, her former husband's death, and her unwillingness to return to Aden, are documented in the file. The file's principal correspondents are the following: the Civil Secretary, Aden; the Chief Commissioner, Aden; 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; the Assistant 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; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa [Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah]. The file contains three items of correspondence that are written in Arabic.

Extent and format

1 file (25 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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 27; 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 4-21; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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/15/2/1894

Former external reference(s)

Vernacular Office: D/3

History of this record

Date(s)

5 May 1933-16 Feb 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

RepatriationDivorce

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Civil Secretary, AdenChief Commissioner, AdenAssistant Political Agent, BahrainAdviser to the Government of BahrainShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah

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