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‘File 16/5 Bahrain Agency: fortnightly political diaries’ [‎16r] (31/126)

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The record is made up of 1 file (61 folios). It was created in 15 Jan 1930-10 Jan 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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Political Agoncy, Bahrain.
The 1st April 1330.
News for the period from 16th to 31st March 1930.
ARRIVALS ^NI; DEPARTURES OF SHIPS.
¥r 65. S.S. n Bsdra arrived from Basra on the 18th
— A
ana left for Lingah the same day.
66. S.S. M Bankura " arrivea with mails from
Bombay on the 15th and which was in the
harbour left on the 16th for Bushire.
67. S.S. Baroda " arrived with mails from India
on the 24th and left for Bushire the same day.
68. S.S. M 'Khuzistan tf arrivea on the 27th and
after discharging 2000 tins of petrol left the same evening .
69. S.S. M feenfels ,T of the Hansa Line Ltd,
arrived from the Continent of Europe on the 27th ana after
discharging 663 packages general cargo left for Basra the
Sf me evening.
70. S.S. Baroda " arrivea from Bushire on the
31st and left for Lingah the same night.
Bahrain News.
71. The bankruptcy of the brothers Al Baqar,
which promisee to be the biggest so far handled by the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. has been settled by r payment of 8 annas in the rupee.
It will be recalled that they absconded to India last spring
without attempting to pay their debts, Shaikh Abdullah bin
Jasim of Qatar being the only creditor paid in full, he
having prudently attached all their property there. Their
creditors waited 8 months till finally one had the courage
\
to take the first step in insolvency proceedings and they
were declarer bankrupt, and their amara attached.in their
absence. Powerful friends persuaded all tde cetfcitors to
accept

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Reports, submitted 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. (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) or the Indian Assistant at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in the Political Agent’s absence, detailing proceedings at Bahrain and elsewhere. The reports are organised under various headings, as follows:

Specific events of note include:

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1 file (61 folios)
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The file is arranged into fortnightly reports, numbered 1 through to 24 for the year 1930. The reports are ordered chronologically, with the earliest (no.1) at the front, through to the latest (no.24) at the rear. The paragraphs in the reports are numbered in a continuous sequence, from no.1 at the beginning of the first report, through to no.397 at the end of the last report.

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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 63; 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 also present in parallel between ff 1-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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