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‘16/16 Miscellaneous – Archaeological excavations at Bahrain’ [12r] (23/28)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 25 May 1927-29 May 1944. 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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^ c opy of letter No. BAH/107/9/l/o^, elated the ^3rd fTay
1944, rrom 'in^ Corimander H.C. Parker, Air Liaison Officer, ( '
Bahrain, to His Britannic Majesty's
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.
I have the honour to refer to your letter No. 1486 -16/16,
dated the 20th ray 1944, and to state that instructions were
£->ivop immediately u‘ , ' i on recoint thereof to cease work on the
sepulchral mound at Aali.
Originally permission was obtained from the State Adviser
that stone could be taken from the mounds in that area and
owing to lack of local historical knowledge on the part of ir
inistry 'orks directorate, one heap of stones was as good as
another and I wish to state that it was this lack of knowledge
and not lack of appreciation of their historical value that
caused the mistake.
I shall be grateful if you will convey to the State
Adviser my sincere regrets for the incident and to assure him
the Royal Air Force had no intention of disturbing relics of
such archaeological interest.
Copy forwarded to the Adviser, Bahrain Government,
Bahrain, for information, with reference to his Demi Official
Letter No. 978 -31, dated ,*he 17th May 1944.
No. *2^-16/16
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
BAHRAIN.
The 47 a May 1944.
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Correspondence relating to the Dilmun burial mounds in Bahrain, including archaeological excavations of, and damage inflicted to them. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); 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 (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior; Major Tom Hickinbotham).
The file covers three distinct periods, as follows:
- correspondence dated May to June 1927 exchanged 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. (Prior) and the Secretary 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , referring to whether action was taken on a telegram dated 13 November 1925 (not included in the file) relating to archaeological excavations taking place in Bahrain under Mr Ernest Mackay (ff 2-3);
- correspondence dated 1937 exchanged 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. (Hickinbotham) and Belgrave, relating to a report entitled ‘Archaeological discoveries in Bahrain’, written by Belgrave, intended for submission to The Times newspaper (ff 4-8);
- correspondence dated 1944, exchanged between Belgrave, 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. (Hickinbotham) and the Air Liaison Officer at Bahrain (Wing Commander H C Parker), relating to damage inflicted on some mounds by a ‘stone crushing machine’, used to extract stone for Royal Air Force (RAF) works in Bahrain (ff 9-12).
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- 1 file (12 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 13) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; 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 2-12; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- ‘16/16 Miscellaneous – Archaeological excavations at Bahrain’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 8r:8v, 11r:13v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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