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'File 2/7 A Outbreak of Cholera in the Trucial Coast' [‎56r] (111/228)

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The record is made up of 1 file (112 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1947-17 Jan 1949. 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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Telepram - Enlair.
From - Britapent, Sharjah.
~ Political, Bahrain.
No. 1111
Mr
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Dated the 15th and received the IVth November, 1947.
No cholera cases today.
BRITAGENT
I.R. 443.
Cc^v^. Retri]

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The file contains telegrams, cyphers, and correspondence regarding measures against outbreaks of cholera in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The correspondence concerns updates on cases of cholera in Sharjah and Dubai, inoculations and quarantine regulations, and restrictions on travel to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. area for passengers who had not been inoculated.

The file also contains medical advice and delivery of cholera vaccines from the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain to 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 of Sharjah.

The principal correspondents are the Quarantine Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited, the Commonwealth Relations Office in London, 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 Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait, the British Ambassador at Baghdad, 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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.

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1 file (112 folios)
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The papers in the file are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are file notes in the file, on folios 20-30. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 114; 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.

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