'File 6/73 Live Stock'

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to the import of livestock in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between 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 (Hugh Weightman, later Captain John Baron Howes (acting)), 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), Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), and various departments and offices of the Government of India.

The papers include:

• correspondence between Belgrave, Weightman, Prior, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India regarding a proposal to establish a cattle breeding farm in Bahrain;
• correspondence between Belgrave, Weightman (later Howes), the Department of Education, Health and Lands of the Government of India, and various offices within the Sind Secretariat (including Director of Agriculture, Live-stock Officer, Revenue Department, and the Director of Veterinary Service) concerning the transportation of a Red Sind bull to Bahrain;
• a letter from the California Wool Growers Association requesting photographs of sheep breeds in Bahrain;
• correspondence between Belgrave, Howes, Prior, the Sind Secretariat, and the All India LiveStock Supply Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Karachi regarding Belgrave's proposal to import goat stock into Bahrain.

Folios 63-67 are internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 file (66 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-60; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Pagination: the volume also contains a pagination sequence, written in pencil, between ff 63-66.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1292

Former external reference(s)

File 6/73

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Sep 1939-29 Jul 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Livestock

People & organisations

Persian Gulf Political ResidencyIndian Political Service, External Affairs DepartmentGovernment of India, Education, Health and Lands Department

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