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File 16/57 I Routine correspondence with British agencies and consulates other than Bushire [150r] (301/564)
The record is made up of 1 file (279 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1947. 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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POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
BAHRAIN.
No. 906 - 16/57. The 20th March 1946.
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.
,
Muscat.
MEMORANDUM
I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum
No. 204 - 16/31, dated the 29th January 1946, and
its enclosure.
l
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 and other papers of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, and other British offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including those at Kuwait, Muscat, Sharjah, and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās].
The routine correspondence covers:
- the ordering, exchange and delivery of items, including foodstuffs, mechanical items (including batteries, radios, refrigerators, stoves) and other supplies (including washing soda, books, glass panes), with delivery and shipping notes issued by Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited;
- the delivery of items by mail;
- the procurement of mechanical services and repairs, of staff for offices, and of sea passages for individuals.
Other items in the file include:
- a letter from Ward P Anderson, Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), dated 7 March 1946, on the oiling of road surfaces in Bahrain, and the practicalities of oiling roads in Muscat (ff 144-145);
- papers dated October 1946 reporting the theft of jewellery from the home of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson in Kuwait, including a list of stolen valuables (f 204, ff 207-208).
The file contains a receipt in Arabic, received from the Government of Bahrain’s Food Department (folios 157-158).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (279 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 257-280) 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 281; 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 3-256; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1568
- Title
- File 16/57 I Routine correspondence with British agencies and consulates other than Bushire
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 9r:13v, 15r:32v, 36r:55v, 56ar:56av, 56r:61v, 63r:68v, 70r:72v, 74r:78v, 80r:84v, 86r:87v, 89r:99v, 101r:108v, 110r:117v, 119r:126v, 128r:128v, 130r:143v, 146r:156v, 159r:160v, 162r:170v, 172r:172v, 174r:176v, 178r:178v, 180r:197v, 199r:214v, 216r:221v, 224r:233v, 235r:243v, 245r:249v, 253r:254v, 256r:280v, 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