Coll 30/5(3) 'Persian Gulf Bahrain Residency Monthly Letter - Summary of Events'
IOR/L/PS/12/3715A
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The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 12 Sep 1946-21 Jan 1948. 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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This file contains copies of a monthly summary of events that was compiled by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain (having moved there from Bushire in 1946).
The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that particular month, most entries contain the following headings:
- general
- education
- residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. staff
- economic
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
- Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Muscat
- maritime
- communications
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (95 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3715A
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 30/5(3)
- Date(s)
- 12 Sep 1946-21 Jan 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Political activitiesAdministrationAnnual reports
- Places
- BahrainBushireKuwaitPersiaOman
- People & organisations
- Persian Gulf Political Residency
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3715A
- Title
- Coll 30/5(3) 'Persian Gulf Bahrain Residency Monthly Letter - Summary of Events'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:96v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence