‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’ [4r] (7/260)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949. 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
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahi’ain, the 20th Tuarch 1937.
To
Tessrs Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited,
Ba; rain.
Dear Sirs,
The Honourable 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.
expects to arrive at Bahrain
in the westbound aeroplane of Imperial Airways -
tomorrow, the 21st March, and wishes to proceed
to Bushire by the up mail, due to arrive at
Bahrain at 09.00 on the 21st March.
It is requested that you will kindly inform
the Master of the up mail and request him not to
sail till the Honourable 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.
has
embarked.
Yours faithfully,
Captain,
P'^for
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.
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Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (ff 18-23); Nairn Transport Company (f 13).
Papers issued under a number of different company names or letterheads are stamped ‘Gray Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.’ These include: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (dissolved in 1937 and replaced by Gray, Mackenzie & Company); Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company; and the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISNC).
Amongst the routine correspondence (accounts, travel and transport arrangements, changes in office personnel), the file also includes:
- details, including timetables, of steamer services operated in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider region by Gray, Mackenzie & Company, BISNC, Peninsular and Oriental (P&O);
- a photographic postcard of the BISNC vessel Dwarka (f 57);
- a brochure for the new BISNC vessels Dumra and Dwarka (f 73), with photographs of the vessel’s first- and second-class facilities;
- baggage labels, issued in May 1948 by BISNC to employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (f 77-78).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (126 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 116-127) 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 128; 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 3-61; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1560
- Title
- ‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 10r:11v, 13ar:13av, 14r:16v, 26r:27v, 29r:29v, 31r:32v, 35r:35v, 37r:37v, 40r:40v, 44r:44v, 48r:52v, 54r:54v, 60r:61v, 63r:64v, 67r:67v, 69r:69v, 75r:75v, 81r:81v, 84r:84v, 86r:89v, 93r:93v, 101r:102v, 106r:109v, 112r:112v, 114r:127v, 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