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‘File 28/1 V Visits to Bahrain of military officials (Brigadier Hughes & Party)’ [‎35r] (69/136)

The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1940-23 Oct 1945. 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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C/794-28/1-V
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, Presents his compliments to:—
Captain Dyer,
C/o Defence Officer,
Bahrain.
and has the honour to send him a copy of the undermentioned document ( s )
The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
BAHRAIN, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Dated 26 th July 1941 .
Reference to previous correspondence:
Description df Enclosure.
Name and Date.
Subject.
Letter No.PA-605 dated 23rd
July 1941 from C.L.R., Bapco,
with enclosures.
Maps of Bahrain Refinery

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The file contains correspondence relating to visits by senior military officials to Bahrain, principally arrangements for the visit of Brigadier F E C Hughes (ff 6-50), referred to in the file as both Commander-Designate of Forces, and head of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Defence Mission, in late June/early July 1941, for the purposes of carrying out a reconnaissance mission. Correspondence concerning Hughes’s visit includes: arrangements for his arrival and departure, including onward travel to Khorramshahr in Iran; permission/arrangements for Hughes to travel to Zekrit [Zikrīt] (Qatar) and Dhahran [[al-Ẓahrān] (Saudi Arabia); the loaning of maps (none included in the file); assessment of land south of Zellaq in Bahrain for a proposed landing strip.

Other correspondence in the file relates to: a visit to Bahrain by the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Iraq in October 1940 (ff 2-5); various visits in 1942, with details of the officers and visit dates (ff 51-55); correspondence in July 1944 relating to the proposed visit to Bahrain of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) in Charge of Paiforce (Persia and India Force), and the subsequent delay and cancellation of the visit (ff 56-59); correspondence relating to visits by the GOC in Charge of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 64-65), and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) in October 1945 (f 65).

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1 file (66 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 66-67) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-65; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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