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'File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc' [85r] (169/676)
The record is made up of 1 file (336 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1944-30 Dec 1950. 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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No. -‘f/9. of 1365
Office of the Adviser to
the Government, Bahrain
Dated, 13th R/Thani 1365
Haroh 17, 1946.
E. B. M f s political
Bahrain.
Memorandum: -
Reference your
dated 12th February
The Police have investigated this matter and
the result of the enquiries is briefly as follows
"The Sub-postmaster stated that he received
the packet on 8/1/1946 in good condition, the
same was delivered to the Steamer authorities
in good condition too. Messrs. Rahmatullah
and Shiv Dayal (postal clerks) were interrogated
and both gave the same statement. During the
course of investigation it was found necessary
to interrogate the person who received the
packet from the Post Office and took it to the
steaiie r, Mr. Moti the clerk of Messrs. Gray,
Mackanzie & Go., Bahrain, who is entrusted with
this particular job stated that he too received
the packet in good condition from the Post Office
and delivered to the steamer authorities in the
same condition.
In addition to these enquiries the police made
further investigation in Manama to trace the mis
sing fountain pens, but nothing was found.
In view of the above facts it would appear that
the incident did not taico place at Bahrain for
the reason that had the packet not been in good
condition the steamer authorities would not have
accepted it.”.
Agent,
.No
{^ I ST**
ep.
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printed Letter No. 493-14/13
1946.
Adviser to the Government.
No.902-14/13.
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Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain,
The 20th March, 1946*
Copy forwarded to the Sub Postmaster, Bahrain, with
reference to his letter No* 58^ dated the 2nd February, 1946.
f n tend
for
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.
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- Content
The first part of the file contains correspondence, notices and telegrams regarding various subjects:
- arrangements for the dispatch of mail and for the despatch of parcels and gifts to the United Kingdom during 1944 and 1945;
- restrictions on dispatch of Christmas cards and parcels for prisoners of war in Germany; postcard service to Greece and Belgium, telegraph communications with France; export of jewellery;
- revision of rates of air mail fees, delays of post despatch at Cairo, Palestine, Karachi.
The second part of the file contains letters on investigations into parcels missing from the Bahrain Post Office in 1948-1950, containing goods and banknotes. The file contains two copies of a 1948 judgment from the Bahrain Court, in Arabic (folios 209-217).
The third part of the file contains correspondence regarding money order services between banks and Post Offices, within the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and with India and Pakistan.
The principal correspondents are: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); Gray, Mackenzie & Co; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); Menashi Ebrahim Cohen & Sons; Petroleum Development Limited; the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East; Lloyds Bank, Karachi; the Eastern Bank Limited; Kuwait Oil Company; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Inspector of the State Police in Bahrain; the 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. in London; the British Embassy at Tehran; the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; the Postmaster at Cairo; the Sub-postmaster at Bahrain; and various individuals.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (336 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 312-337. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a number in blue and red crayon, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 338; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-235; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1428
- Title
- 'File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc'
- Pages
- 21r:21v, 85r:85v, 103r:103v, 136r:136v, 139r:139v, 158r:159v, 162r:163v, 183r:183v, 195r:195v, 200r:200v, 208r:208v, 306r:306v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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