Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
IOR/L/PS/12/3888
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The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1937-29 Jul 1938. 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 concerns the visit of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], to Mecca in order to undertake the Hajj (January 1938).
The papers include: the decision to allow Shaikh Hamad to travel to Saudi Arabia aboard a Royal Navy ship (HMS Londonderry ); reports on the Shaikh's visit by HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); and a report on the Shaikh's passage on the Londonderry , with papers concerning a request for payment for the purchase of articles on board ship for the use of the Shaikh, June - July 1938.
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.
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- 1 file (45 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 47; 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.
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3888
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 30/153
- Date(s)
- 23 Nov 1937-29 Jul 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
- People & organisations
- King of BahrainHM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3888
- Title
- Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
- Pages
- 45r:46v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3888
- Title
- Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
- Pages
- 14r
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3888
- Title
- Coll 30/153 'Visit of Sheikh of Bahrain to Mecca.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 14v:44v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
