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File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others [‎265r] (534/578)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (285 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1935-6 Aug 1940. 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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°n the 14th November 1335 Khan Bahadur Abdul ^ziz
Qusaibi came to see me and after general conversation said
that he would like to invite Sir Andrew Ryan to a meal,
jas his brother had received hospitality in Jedda from
'-ir Andrew Ryan. I said that 1 would let Bjj? Andrew know
|of his kind invitation but that I could not give him any
reply as I did not know his plans.
G.L.- 16/11/35.
Sir Andrew Cyan’s aeroplane came about one hour
late ! and 1 had a long talk with R-han ^ahadur Abdul Aziz
Qusaibi.
2. In the beginning he mentioned his invitation to
dinner and I said that it would be difficult.as I was
giving a dinner on one night and the Adviser was giving
a dinner on another. He had also mentioned the possibility
'of his giving lunch on board the launch which was to take
pir Andrew Ryan to Oqair and I said that I thought that
was a very good idea and I was sure that Bir Andre' Ryan
jwould accept it with pleasure.
?. Khan Bahadur ^bdul Aziz Qusaibi has arranged for
ia good launch to take Sir Andrew to Qatif. I introduced
him at the aerodrome and it was arranged that they should
leave Bahrain at 0700 hours on Wednesday (20th November).
4. I told Sir Andrew that I had been non-committal

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The volume contains correspondence sent and received by 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. at Bahrain regarding the arrangements and programmes for visits to Bahrain of the following:

The documents in the volume are mainly in English. There is correspondence in Arabic with English translations, with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, and the Government of Saudi Arabia at Al Khobar.

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1 volume (285 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, on folios 260-283. The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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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 287; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are present between ff 5-259 and ff 260-283 respectively. These numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.

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