'File No. E/14 V. O. Miscellaneous Proclamations Received from the Bahrain Government.'

Content

The file contains notices relating to the registration of houses sold by the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Joint Courts respectively. The Land Settlement Department would issue the notices before registering the property in the name of the purchaser. The notices were intended to establish whether there was any objection by any person with rights to the property, and to allow such person(s) to state their objection before the period given in the notice expired. Copies of the notices would be sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain for recordkeeping. The correspondence is mainly in Arabic. Most of the notices are issued by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, on behalf of the Government of Bahrain.

Extent and format

1 file (116 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 115-117 are file notes.

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 118; 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 4-90; 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/15/2/1907

Former external reference(s)

Vernacular Office Files: E/14

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Oct 1929-23 Mar 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Proclamations

People & organisations

Adviser to the Government of Bahrain

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