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'File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe hand means' [132r] (263/344)
The record is made up of 1 file (170 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1936-13 May 1947. 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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soon as possible. Airing the course of my wanderings,
I r. Abdur ahman gave me a couple of bags which I under
stood from him were for lushire. As 3
Hi^ ; e !p a** Jbag was ready, I ^rove-t' d ^ all
the three bags post haste to the Auharraq bridge/ as tne
half hour l entioned by r. leaned at 10-40 had already
come to an end and I r. Thomas had not arrived with his
kit and 1 wanted to ensure that the launch did not go
/
without the mail for ushire. 1 took with me the sad
’arrash and, ha»ving| asjbired myself ti: at TAyrr^r-v^a-no
^ngcr of the launch jbeiftg ready for some time, left the
bags with the head rarrash and told him to give them to
1 ;r. Thomas on his arrival. Cn my way back to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
'
rn—~jha. . r. ^homas passed me going to uharraq bridge^
1 turned round and went back to make sure that every
thing was all right, having handed the bags over to ..r.
Thomas and talked to him about the arrangements for send
ing his v/ife and sister-in-law over to ushire v/ith
such luggage as he might not be able to take with him I
i-eturned to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
4. The initial mistake over the bags was, I suppose,
i.r. Abdur ahman’s, but I would strongly request that no
''black mark 11 is made against him for it, as he has been
suffering regularly and at timedacutely from asthma
since he cam here in anuary and, whereas many others
might have yielded completely to the disease and done
no work at all, he came to the gency on many days when
he might well have stayed at home and worked most con-
scientously during his time here. e was ill at the
time and just about to leave -ahrain on leave. ~ : e no
doubt saw the two bags on the ead Clerk’s Lable and
assumed that they wer for ushire. ihe fault is also
mine for not checking up that these two bags were for
Bushire. Had it not been for the extreme rush wit; which
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The file consists of correspondence and telegrams requesting the collection and the delivery of letters and bags containing confidential and secret communication (not included).
The principal correspondents are: Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd; Cable and Wireless Limited; the British Consul at Basrah; the British Consul at Khorramshahr; 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 Muscat; 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 Kuwait; 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 (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 165-171. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a page number, which refers back to an original foliation of the file.
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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 172; 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 3-95; 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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- IOR/R/15/2/1424
- Title
- 'File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe hand means'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 4v:17v, 18v:157v, 159r:162v, 165r:171v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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