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'File 5/23 Sheikh Ali, Agency Interpreter' [2r] (3/34)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 10 May 1927-8 Jun 1927. 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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No. 198-S. of 1927.
British
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.
and Consulate-General,
Bushire, 8th June 1927,
From
To
Captain C.G.Prior, I.A.,
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.
.
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.
Sir,
With reference to your letter No. 120-C., dated
the 10th Kay 1927, I am directed to state that the Hon♦hie
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.
has seen Shaikh Ali Ihn Shaikh
Mahomed and informed him that as he had done good work for
Major Daly he did not want to disgrace him "by dismissal and
that it would be better if he resigned the Service.
Shaikh Ali has resigned with effect from 1st June 1927.
The papers of the enquiry received with your
letter are returned.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
Capt.,
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.
.
Copy to Major C.0.J.Barrett, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
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.
,
Kuwait, for information.
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This file contains a letter between Cyril Charles Barrett, British 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. at Bahrain, and Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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. at Bushire, as well as a 14-page confidential report.
These papers concern the personality of Shaikh ‘Alī bin Shaikh Muḥammad, the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. interpreter, and a series of charges against him for accepting sums of money from Bahraini peasants so as to facilitate their acquisition of farm land and property sequestered by the State from the Āl Dawāsir tribe and from Shaikh Khālid in the early 1920s.
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- 1 file (17 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: Circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 17, ending on the inside of the back cover.
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- Title
- 'File 5/23 Sheikh Ali, Agency Interpreter'
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- front, front-i, 2r:16v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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