'File 3/5 Post Office Building and Postmaster's Quarters' [105r] (192/442)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 11 Jun 1899-3 Dec 1914. 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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Copy of lev tor Ho, 3696, dated Kap-witi, November
1910 from Hu^h. Wray, T^squire, ^Isscutivo 'nqineer,
Karachi Bulldincja District, araohl, to the Political
Aqent, "ahrain.
I have the honour to inform yon that the bearer
Pimchore Mural representative of the contractor is
pi'oceeding from here for the construction of the Post
Office Buildings at Bahrain, and I will feel much
obliged by your rendering hin every possible assis-
-tance in securinsc labour etc or other help he taiojht
require. Thanking you in anticipation.
True Copy,
Head Clerk,
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
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This file contains correspondence between the 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. Agent at Bahrain prior to the establishment of the position of Assistant 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. and subsequently 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. ; 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; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; Arthur John Hughes, Super-Intendent of Post Offices, Karachi and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; various engineers, including J W Storrs, Hugh Wray and C A De Souza.
These papers concern the building of Postmaster's quarters (1902/3) and a Post Office independent of the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain (1908). Included are details of expenditure and procurement of material and labour; information concerning the structure of the postal service in Bahrain; and the appointments of postmasters in Bahrain. Also included are various architectural plans (f. 35, f. 41, f. 43, f. 76, f. 81A, f. 90C, f. 156 and f. 160b) and receipts for masonary purchased from local merchants (ff. 166B-166J).
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- 1 volume (205 folios)
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This file 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 227 and is followed by 5 blank pages and the back cover.
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- IOR/R/15/2/55
- Title
- 'File 3/5 Post Office Building and Postmaster's Quarters'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 6r:10v, 12r:13v, 15r:15v, 17r:17v, 19r:20v, 22r:22v, 24r:26v, 28r:28v, 30r:31v, 33r:33v, 35v, 37r:39v, 44r:45v, 47ar:47cv, 48r:50v, 52r:60v, 62r:69v, 71r:72v, 73v:74v, 75ar:75av, 76r:76v, 77ar:77av, 78r:78v, 80r:80v, 81av:81bv, 82r:89v, 90ar:90br, 90cv, 90bv, 91r:94v, 96r:97v, 99r:99v, 100ar:100av, 101r:109v, 110ar:110bv, 111r:123v, 127r:128v, 130r, 131r:132v, 134r:135v, 139r:143v, 146r:146v, 148r:159v, 160ar, 160bv, 160av, 161r:162v, 163v:164v, 166ar, 166br:166jv, 166av, 167ar:167bv, 168v:169v, 171r:173v, 175r:193v, 195r:206v, 208r:208v, 210r:210v, 212r:215v, 220r:227v, v-r:ix-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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