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File 18/9 ‘Buildings:- Proposal re: Conversion of Sepoy livg’ [?] at Bahrain into I.A.’s Court Room etc.’ [15r] (29/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 15 Sep 1934-20 Apr 1937. 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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Ko* 1225-18/9*
political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 20th July 1935*
The Honourable the political
Resident in the Persian ttolf,
Cam Bahrain*
^emoranduB:*
//"
Reference your printed letter MO:1345/19/13V dated
the 4th July 1935*
2* in view of Mr* Croats report I make the follcv/ing
further fjuggestions#-
(a) tiince a new nouse is desirable would not the
money be better utilised in building a house
for the Assistant
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.
v/ith its
ovm Court and office?
(b) if so would not such a house be constructed
better on a healthy site outside Bahrain?
(c) If so would not the objections regarding glare
and congestion referred to in the Honourable
the officiating
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.
* s memo
randum Mo*2108 dated the 15th September 1934
; and vTm Oread* s report be overcome by
demolition of the bepoys* Barrack*
3.
Altemativately I suggest that a house-and Court room
be constructed on the site of the present Barrack for use of the
Indian Assistant or any of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
staff*
I should like to point out that since these proposals
further proposals to add a wing to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
have been made
to find suitable quarters for the Honourable the political^
Resident on his frequent visits to Bahrain* The construction
of this wing will I think make the building of a new house
on the present barrack site highly undesirable.
Captain,
officiating
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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The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to proposed additions and alterations to the Sepoys’ Barrack, within the grounds of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. compound in Bahrain, with a view to converting it into a Court and Office for the Indian Assistant.
The correspondence is largely between the following: the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; 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, and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
The file includes a blueprint site plan of the proposed Indian Assistant’s Court at Bahrain.
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- 1 file (52 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; 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 1-52; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1640
- Title
- File 18/9 ‘Buildings:- Proposal re: Conversion of Sepoy livg’ [?] at Bahrain into I.A.’s Court Room etc.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:26v, 28r:31v, 33r:33v, 35r:51v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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