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'File 34/8 British Council Visitors for U.K.' [12r] (23/64)
The record is made up of 1 file (32 folios). It was created in 24 Apr 1948-26 Nov 1948. 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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No.C/R-40.
POLITICAL, BAHRAIN.
PRODROME, BAHRAIN.
Dated 30th May, 1948.
Reference correspondence ending with Sir Rupert's
D.O.No.B/126 (19/248), dated the 17th May, 1948. Visit
of Shaikh Khalifah to the United Kingdom.
2. Form is enclosed duly completed. Shaikh Khalifah
is very pleased to accept the invitation and the Bahrain
Government will pay for his air passage to and from
Great Britain.
3. Grateful if British Council could be telegraphed
as to whether they would be able to make arrangements
for him as from the middle of June till about the end
of July, and if I could be informed of the reply as
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a visit to the UK made by Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the Superintendent of the Bahrain Police Force. The programme of events arranged for Shaikh Khalifa during the visit - which was organised and paid for by the British Council - is discussed in the file as are the Shaikh's impressions of the country upon his return to Bahrain.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (32 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: The file was formerly bound with treasury tags but these have since been removed and its pages are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 2-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can also be found throughout the file.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 23, and 23A; 25, and 25A.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/845
- Title
- 'File 34/8 British Council Visitors for U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4v:9v, 10v, 11v:14v, 15v:16v, 17v:18v, 19v:20v, 21v:23v, 23ar:23av, 24r:25v, 25ar:25av, 26r:29v, 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