'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous' [31r] (63/124)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1925-28 Jun 1931. 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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Lesopotamia Persia Corporation* Ltd.*
at t)ii a and oaoh other sub sequent move
t?ie first ohoioe of a piece of land free;
e^ual in size to tiieir present building^*
for the purpose of erecting a new building
thereon, should they not take advantage
of the offer the ground would lapse to
other buyers, this procedure to be repeated
at each subsequent inove" ,
Lr* Wills has now suggested to Mr, Spence
a third wording whioh runs as follows:-
n The isahrein Cioverment guarantees
that at no tine within the next £0 years
will the frontage of the Mesopotamia
x-ersia Corporation, Limited their heirs
and successors under this title, be further
cut off from the open sea than at present,
Jjr** i j' *
f If after the expiration of the above perio
, . yV / r i t is considered advisable to advance the
vr ' 1 . / front seawards, the Bahrein Goverrment
jL
/ ' ^ 1 r agrees to offer, which will be made in
w/ri ting, to the Mesopotamia Persia
Corporation Limited their heirs and
successors, a/:y land to be reclaimed in
front of their premises, that is, from a
line drawn with the Sast and West boundaries
parallel to the same lengt?! as their present
frontage, Ihe price not to exceed that -
paid to ohelkh isa for the original
property
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The documents contained in this file cover a diverse range of topics. The file includes - in the following order - letters concerning water boring operations in Bahrain (1925/1926), a report of an assassination attempt against Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1926), a petition 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. from Sunni and Shia inhabitants of Bahrain (1926), a letter regarding Shaikh Hamad's desire to visit Abdullah bin Jasim Al Thani in Qatar (1927), a list showing the quantity and value of foreign goods imported into Bahrain in 1927, discussions regarding the granting of additional land in Bahrain to Mespers, The Mesopotamian-Persian Trading Corporation (1928), reports concerning the Persian school in Bahrain (1928), a letter from 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. in Bahrain to 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 Bushire that discusses several matters (1929), correspondence that discusses the distinction between Shaikh Hamad's personal flag and the official state flag of Bahrain (1930), an intelligence report on the Qusaibi family of Riyadh (1931) and a letter about the implementation of a 10 percent cut to the personal allowances of the Al Khalifa family (1931).
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- 1 file (60 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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Unbound, loose pages in a folder. Foliation starts on the first page of the file. The foliation numbers are written in pencil and circled. They appear in the top right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A previous foliation system runs from folio 3 to folio 8 but has been crossed out. An additional, inconsistent, foliation system appears in pencil and blue crayon, starting on folio 10.
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- IOR/R/15/1/328
- Title
- 'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous'
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- front, front-i, 1r:9v, 10v, 11v:60v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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