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'File 3/4 Purchase of New Plot of Land Proposed to Acquire for the Agency Clerks' Quarters' [14r] (42/172)
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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0 lb"
arouse a-.ton.tlon by surveying it accurately, or by ina-
■i . i ^ing mquiries a) out it or its occupants.
1 'iie ground snoT/n is occupied only by date stick
tuts with possibly one or two insifjnificant stone hovels
'Vhe only property of the least pretentions is
it is probable hen fever that the other settloW
have paid sonettinof for the ri<?ht to occupy the .jround
wit ■ • ot rits, md ,heir dispossession ould entail the
piynent of cone compensation. At the sine tine there is
no question +,}iat the landed property will steadily
increase in velue, and therefore ii rtoverxnent conceives
that it is likely to require nore r^ound, uietier
imeilately or in the course 03 ye rs, it would, I think
be well advised to ',ake steps to acquire the %fhole site
irithout lelay,
I tske ior ?r mted that Sheikh Isa .vould show
hiraself as complacent ns'on similar occasions in the yah
"" 2'' ui ;At be possible to obtain merely a lien on
■:jie 'round with the rl-.fvt to evict the present or future
oecupents at an.* - -i'^e that suited us on payment of sone
cogensa"-lon to bo ji ed how, "ut I toubt if this .-ould
be ound v^rj*- saMsf?<3tory in practice,
0, Vflxatever view ovemnent n?y take -.he larger
questions I would strongly raco-inend the ir^ne iiate
acrilslvjion 0"' tub Talk's prop
j sent si*' * in; .ion is uns^itiiaf Rotary, n jid if*
.i* 'Ri* ... ib ^.llov/'^d n 11*00 Ji-nd to btiiiLcif jiis srmnplG
vflll probably be follo rad by othersj and it is on the
cards t}iat sone bi r?er personage nay make a bid ior the
whole site, if our interest in it appears slacken.
I have the honor iad be,
Sir,
^ otr" "♦ost obo ii->nt ssir^'int
-ap ain.
Political A: Bahrairu
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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.
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- 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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- Open Government Licence