‘File 16/11 II Miscellaneous correspondence’ [‎365r] (729/780)

Content

Routine correspondence received at and sent from the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The principal correspondents are: 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. ; representatives of the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave; Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier).

Most of the correspondence relates to a miscellany of trivial matters, ranging from the forwarding of mail, lost swimming caps, an urgent need for cooks, and broken-down refrigerators. Matters of greater import include:

• applications and references from a number of individuals, who write to 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. in search of employment;
• correspondence relating to the sale of unwanted items, including an oil barge from Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], items belonging to the former Vice-Consul at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], a motor launch belonging to the Vice Consulate at Khorramshahr, and motor cars belonging to Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban;
• correspondence from manufacturing and trading companies in Britain (Moore Eady & Murcott Goode Limited; Hanger, Watson and Harris Limited) and India (Cine Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. India) relating to imports into Bahrain;
• in 1932, arrangements to send a horse, a gift for King Bin Sa’ud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd), from Bahrain to Kuwait by sea (ff 35-39);
• also in 1932, information relating to the changes of names of various towns and cities in Iran (ff 94-95);
• a request from the New Zealand philatelist Raymond James George Collins, for the return of ‘flown covers’ (stamped envelopes sent to Bahrain, ff 141-142);
• correspondence regarding recommended grasses for growing to prevent the advance of sand dunes, and a letter written by DeGrenier, containing recommendations for the import of various seeds and plants to Bahrain, to assist in improving Bahrain’s climate (ff 228-230);
• the dispatch by launch of three crates containing whisky, gin and beer, from Bahrain to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, and the subsequent loss of the launch and its cargo at sea (ff 318-325).

Extent and format

1 file (388 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 (ff 373-389) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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 390; 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 4-372; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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