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'File 3/4 Purchase of New Plot of Land Proposed to Acquire for the Agency Clerks' Quarters' [9r] (32/172)
The record is made up of 1 volume (84 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1910-19 Dec 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Uo:Z>J>#bl 1911,
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Bahrain f 30th r .B& 1911,
Pron
0aptain D# L# R« T j O riner f I • A» f
Political A^ont, aiiraln #
To
nol ohel P • ^• Cox>'*•>• -t • f ^ • jl #i'j# f
Political BeBident in the Porsilian < *ilf,
I-Xisiiire,
Sir,
I have the honour to invite your attention to
the question ol the plot of ground belon^ia^ to ono
Ihibarak bin ^h^.ad /I Parsi situated cloao to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
grounds#.fhich has benn the s\ib."joct of oo •* , ns-
nond^nce ending with your letter j'o: 5587 dated 36t i
December 1910#
P j » lie situation has oonBiderably altered since tiaa.
date,as we have acquired a superior site : or the Post
Olfice from Sheikh Isa,free oi charge; and the Postal
authorities can no longer be regarded as possible ijiiiv
chasers •
5« ItubaraJc bin A'mad has now a^ain approached ne f as
he has Buocessively approached ny three predecessors,
and I shotild like to bring natters to a close irith iter
4. I enclose plans of the ground for ready relerence.
If. the land is likely to be required in the : nture
njs part of the site of a telegraph station y or • or any
other purpose^ such as clerks lua^VrBfit cul I be
T /ell to secure it now. ^e ques" ion of clerics quarters
is one t/hich senns lively to co^ie up soon ^3 it is not
ensy to hire suitable quarters in the tovm. v ie mn
declares himself willing to >art irith his property : or
hj380/- vihidth %& the price he paid lor it (P^355/-)
plus certain incidental charges# I a w . in: or^od that
the -yromd site actually belonged to one luhamad
(3
10-
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This file contains correspondence between the 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; the British 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; F H E Townshend, 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. Engineer, Bushire; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah and his secretary, Saqr bin Muḥammad al-Zayānī; M Shafi, draftsman of Puplic Works Department, Bushire; and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Ḥasan al-Gosaibi [al-Quṣaybī].
These correspondence concern acquiring a plot of land from Mubārak bin Aḥmad al-Fārsī to build quarters for clerks at the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain; details of the inhabitants of that plot of land, referred to as the al-‘arīsh , and compensation for their dispossession; plans for building on the plot of land; and the status of land adjecent to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's land.
Included within this file is a sketch of the land acquired (f. 49) and a compensation certificate with thumb prints and seals of the al-‘arīsh residents (f. 43). The file also includes an envelope entitled 'Rough sketches vide letters post' but the contents are missing.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (84 folios)
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This volume is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: Starts on first page with writing (5th folio of volume). Foliation is in pencil in circled numbers in top right of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . It terminates at 74 and is followed by 4 blank pages and the back cover.
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- IOR/R/15/2/54
- Title
- 'File 3/4 Purchase of New Plot of Land Proposed to Acquire for the Agency Clerks' Quarters'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:4v, 5v:66v, 68r:71r, 72r:74v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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