Coll 30/155 'Bahrein: Administration Reports, 1926- Annual Reports' [‎322r] (643/1007)

Content

The file contains an Administrative Report and ten Annual Reports issued by the Government of Bahrain for the period 1926-46, with a small quantity of interspersed 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. covering letters, minutes and correspondence. The reports bear manuscript annotations.

The file includes the following reports:

• 'Government of Bahrain Administrative Report for the Years 1926-1937'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1356 (March 1937 - February 1938)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1357 (March 1938 - February 1939)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1358 (February 1939 - February 1940)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1359 (February 1940 - February 1941)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1360 (January 1941 - February 1942)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1361 (February 1942 - January 1943)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1362 (January 1943 - December 1943)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1363 (January 1944 - December 1944)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1364 (January 1945 - December 1945)'
• 'Government of Bahrain Annual Report for Year 1365 (December 1945 - November 1946)'.

The correspondence includes letters dated May 1941 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. , Bahrain (Reginald George Evelyn William Alban) and 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) commenting on the causes of public disaffection in Bahrain and discontent with the local administration (folios 319-327); and a further letter from Prior dated 1945 concerning allowances made to the ruling family of Bahrain (folios 19-22).

Folios 3-26 are minutes and correspondence dated 1942-47, and are not in chronological order.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (502 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 503; 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.

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English in Latin script

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