File 4673/1919 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. Employment of Political officers with party. 1 Capt N.N.E. Bray. 2 [Capt] A.H.S. Campbell. 3 [Capt] S.E. Hedgcock.’

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This part consists of 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. correspondence mostly relating to the employment of Norman Napier Bray, Captain S E Hedgcock, and Captain A H S Campbell as Political Officers accompanying the visit of a Mission (deputation) from Bahrein [Bahrain] (consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein, Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant) to England and Scotland, and their return journey to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondence is largely between John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Secretary 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. Political Department and Bray, Hedgcock, and Campbell. This part also includes 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. internal notes between Shuckburgh and others.

Extent and format

1 item (47 folios)

It is part of

File 4673/1919 Pt 1-3 ‘Bahrein Mission’

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English in Latin script

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Original held at

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/850/2

Former external reference(s)

P 4673/1919 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Jun 1919-7 Jan 1926 (CE, Gregorian)

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