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'File 10/36 BAPCO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS' [60r] (119/274)
The record is made up of 1 file (136 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1948-2 Mar 1950. 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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Avail,
C0T'-322 #
Kay 22, 19^9.
His Excellency Sheikh •Abdulla
bin Jasim al Thani.
After Complimentsi
My representatives and I are most grateful to you for the '..any
courtesies shown to us by Your Excellency on our two recent
visits and for the friendship thereby demonstrated toward this
Comany# Your Excellency 1 s eminent secretary, Salih al Ma'nah,
was also exce dingly kind on both of these enjoyable occasions.
We sincerely hope and trust that the good health in which we
found Your Excellency will long continue.
Your Excellency will recall that you requested us to send a
letter advisirs Your Excellency of the parcel of land which
Your Excellency has kindly consented to lease to my Company
for the erection of an electronic survey station, and the
terms appropriate fo^ the lease* Attached to this letter is
a diagram of the land which is now vacant land located about
li miles east of Dohar,
As we advised Your Excellency on our last visit, the Company
desires to lease this parcel of land for a period of five years,
with the privilege of cancellation at the end of any year by
giving adequate notice to Your Excellency. Being mindful of
Your Ebccellency's kindnesses, we are willing to pay a larger
rental than has been paid for comparable parcels of land. The
Company is prepared to pay an annual rental of %!),000, which
sum for the first year f s rental we shall deliver to you in full
at the time of the signing of the lease. In consideration of
this, the Company will be granted the right to erect and operate
an electronic survey station on the property and to remove all
buildings and equipment placed on the property by the Conpany.
For these purposes the authorized personnel of the Gonpany will
be permitted access to the property at all times during the
lease.
During Your Excellency's recent entertainment of the Company's
representatives it was sugg sted that Your Excellency would
appreciate receiving payments in dollars. It Is ho Company 3
desire to serve Your xcelloncy in every way within its power.
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The file contains correspondence between 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. in Bahrain, 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 Bushire and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited on the negotiations for the installation of radio communication stations for BAPCO. There are some documents in Arabic, mainly correspondence with the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al-Thani, on the option to install a station in Qatar.
There are some maps within the file: a sketch of 'Qatar' (folio 65) showing Doha and the surrounding areas and 'PROPOSED LOCATION OF RESERVATION FOR DECCA NAVIGATION RADIO STATION, BUDAIA' (folio 137).
There is an index at the end of the file (folios 129-135).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (136 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (folios 129-135). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is written in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner. It begins on the cover, on number 1, and carries on until 138, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/459
- Title
- 'File 10/36 BAPCO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:18v, 20r:21v, 23r:23v, 25r:25v, 27r:27v, 29r:29v, 32r:37v, 40r:41v, 43r:56v, 58r:58v, 60r:64v, 66r:66v, 69r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:97v, 99r:109v, 111r:117v, 119r:121v, 123r:127v, 129r:137v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence