‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’ [4v] (8/226)
The record is made up of 1 file (111 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1944-15 Feb 1950. 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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Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including:
- Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tour programme, discussions for a renewal of the mail contract, and a proposed new post office building in Bahrain, are included in the file (ff 43-44, ff 103-104);
- Ghulamali Khan Talpur, Minister for Food, Agriculture, Industries and Labour in Sind, visiting Bahrain while en route to Jeddah, Mecca and Medina in February 1947. Copies of a report of the visit, prepared by the Indian Assistant at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , appear in the file (f 51, f 105);
- Mrs Audrey Farquhar, wife of the British Counsellor at Tehran, travelling in late 1945 from Spain via Bahrain to Iran;
- the Governor of Bushire, Dr Hisabi, travelling in late 1945 from Bushire to Bombay [Mumbai] via Bahrain;
- French journalist Jacques Kayser, visiting Bahrain in early 1947;
- Bertram Thomas, scheduled to visit in 1949, in his capacity as an adviser to the Shell Group.
The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of 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. , Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/1550).
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- 1 file (111 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 100-112) 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 113; 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 2-64; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1551
- Title
- ‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:37v, 39r:65v, 68r:70v, 72r:74v, 76r:77v, 79r:79v, 83r:85v, 87r:112v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence