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'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930' [33r] (70/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 29 Feb 1922-30 Mar 1931. It was written in English. 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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I
4
rts of Nejd come and visit their
itty sheikh or headman of a
>6 takes with him several of his ^
he calls at the capital. Each
ne registered by a secretary, who
dster with names of visitors, and
’t is read by the ‘ Mudhaifa ’, or
guests, to the Sultan. One day
>wed me a list of a day and a half
17 visitors, and every one of these
^yal kitchen, and every one upon
a change of raiment, some pieces ^
plies for the journey.
; a very early riser. Almost every
e wakened by knocks on our door
ch to our annoyance. One of them
0 day when we had just closed the
re on our way to the castle for
very much annoyed when we did
y returning to treat him. In great
3 me and said, ‘ What did bin Saoud
3 i- to treat two or three people and ^
unch again ? ’ And we had treated
that morning. The next morning
iere was a persistent and loud
door, and our bedouin of yesterday
5
was shouting, ‘ Oh you of little mercy, get up and
give me some medicine.’
We remained in Raidh thirty-nine days and then
on Christmas, we bade farewell to the Sultan and
the many friends in the castle, and lastly, to the
aged father of the Sultan, old, fat and rheumatic,
who had not received much benefit from our
medicines. I expressed to him my desire to return
the next year and he kindly responded, ‘Yes,
and God willing you will bring better medicine
then.’
The town of Shukra was to be our next stop and
we travelled in a straight north-westerly direction.
The first night we camped in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifa bed
with the beautiful gardens of Deraiye on either
side. This is one of the prettiest spots I have ever
seen in Arabia, and was formerly the capital of the
Saouds. The ruins of their old castles are still
pointed out high up on the cliffs west of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
bed. The date gardens here are splendid and fruits
and vegetables abound. Unfortunately the producing
area is small and all agricultural efforts are the
result of tremendous cost, for all irrigation is done
by water drawn by donkeys, camels, cows, or
women, as the case may be, from wells anywhere
from 50 to 150 feet deep.
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the annual Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , as well as the reports themselves.
Present within the volume are the reports for the years 1921-1930. Each report contains a prose statement and statistics on all or most of the following subjects: Personnel; Ruler of Bahrain and the Al Khalifa Family; Local Government Officials; Bahrain State; Bahrain Police; Local Affairs; Oil Concession; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Customs; Municipalities; Public Works; Education; Trade; Industry; Boat Building and Shipping; Electric Light/Electric Department; Royal Navy; Royal Air Force; British Interests; Post Office; Medical; Judicial; Visits of Government (British) Officials; Visits of Arab Notables; Nejd; Qatar; Slavery; Climate; General. Each subject comes under its own sub-heading. Each report is signed by the officiating 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 the time of submission to 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. at Bushire.
Also included in the file is 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. and some of the institutions and offices that provided reports and statistics for the final Administration Report. These include Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, and doctors and other employees of the American Mission Hospitals and schools.
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- 1 volume (233 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/296
- Title
- 'File 8/8 Agency Administration Report 1922-1930'
- Pages
- 30r:40r, 126r:127v
- Author
- Dame, Dr Louis Paul
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