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'File 6/22 Correspondence regarding Finger Print training to Bahrain Government servants' [25r] (49/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 11 May 1929-22 Jul 1930. 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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Boat.24 Of 1929
Off let of the Political Agent» Bahrain*
Bated Karachi l 8 th Sepetxnher, 1929 .
My dear Fletecher,
Please refer to your letter Bo.l5/l/954 dated
the 23 rd Au^ uet 1929 .
The Anglo Persian Oil Company appear to hare
entirely misunderstood my letter.
It is the practice in India, wnen criminals are
det cted who are suspected of having come from another
province, to send search slips of their finger prints tc
the Bureau of that province to see if any inforsaition is
fjm
fortncoj-ng there about them.
any v<?ouid be able to tell us anything about Bahrainis,
but as most of our criminal population come from the
neighbourhood of Basrah and huhamiiArah it is very likel;
( especially when oil operations are commenced on a lar{
scale here ) that people who get into trouble here will
have had • pasts 1 in the Oil feilds or 'Iraq.
much about the former careers of the underworld as poss
ibie 1 have arranged cooperation with Karachi, and have
asked Basrah and the Arjglo Persian Oil Company to do t
same, being the bsuPftaus with whom we are likely to come
It is unlikely that the Ar^lo Persian Oil Comp.
to
As it is always of valuft to the Police know as
£
Captain B.W.51 etcher,
Acting British Vice-Consul,
iioixammerah
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The file contains correspondence regarding training in fingerprinting for Bahrain Government officials. The correspondence is between the following:
- Charles Geoffrey Prior, 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;
- Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al-Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain;
- Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain;
- Police departments in Sind and Rajputana;
- 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. ;
- British Consulate in Basrah;
- British Vice-Consulate in Mohammerah [Korramshahr];
- Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.
The papers cover the enquiries into and arrangements for a deputation of an expert in fingerprinting from India to train officials in Bahrain. The deputation is postponed indefinitely (beyond the time period covered by the file) due to lack of government revenue caused by the collapse of the pearl trade. Advice is sought 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. , Bahrain, from the police department in Basrah.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of 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 55; 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 4-54; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1237
- Title
- 'File 6/22 Correspondence regarding Finger Print training to Bahrain Government servants'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 9v:11v, 12v:36v, 37v:48v, 49v:51v, 52v:54v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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