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File 2908/1907 Pt 2 ‘Bahrain: quarantine arrangements’ [‎149v] (48/112)

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The record is made up of 1 item (56 folios). It was created in 1908-1911. 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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(A Plaeue allowance to Assistant Surgeon at Rs. .00 per mensem from
\ e ) m g ue auo ^ ate 0 f first case to end of epidemic
•1st April to 15th June. R s , 250.*
, The dangerous periods for piague in Bahrein are known to be April and
May fand epidemics have occurred every other year smce Aprd . 903 .
I do not propose to expend item^and^un^
^efewouM probably be a saring of Rs 95 ° every other year, although it has not
yefbeen possible to'prove w hether this intermittent appearance is a pure accdent
or whether due to unknown natural causes.
* In the above mentioned preventive actions, ! do not propose to do any-
thing^which would offend the susceptibilities of Sheikh Esa or of the inhabitants.
I would prefer Sheikh Esa to carry out the measures under direction of his
quaranTine doctor (if approved) and merely give general supervision myse f
Very likely he would do so and nearly the whole amount would be saved, but
I wfsh to be in a position to back up advice by acts in case he grudges the extra
expenditure, and as it is not a suitable moment to ask him definitely or even
broach the subject to him I have ventured to ask for this provision.
G. C. B. P>» Simla—No. C. 1689 F.D.—21-6*10.—44,—P.L.W.

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The item consists of part two of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Quarantine. It contains correspondence regarding proposals for improving and financing quarantine arrangements and plague prevention measures at Bahrain.

The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox), 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. at Bahrain (Captain Francis Beville Prideaux, later Captain Charles Fraser Mackenzie), officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of the 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. . It also contains input from the Treasury, representatives of the Foreign Department of the Government of India, and Shaikh Esa Bin Ali Al Khalifa [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] – Ruler of Bahrain.

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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear (folio 181) to the front of the part (folio 126).

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