‘File 16/37 Report regarding Locust situation in Bahrain – Monthly Reports’

IOR/R/15/2/1543

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The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1945-6 Apr 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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Reports and papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , submitted by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’ (IOR/R/15/2/1542). Most reports are marked ‘nil’, meaning no locust occurrences observed. Positive reports of locusts give the following details: the place they were observed; date when seen; direction of flight; colour of insects; the duration of their stay.

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1 file (46 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 45-47) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/2/1543
Former external reference(s): English Office: File 16/37 II
Date(s): 1 Feb 1945-6 Apr 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: LocustsReports
Places: Persian GulfTrucial Coast
People & organisations: Indian Council of Agricultural Research

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1543
Title: ‘File 16/37 Report regarding Locust situation in Bahrain – Monthly Reports’
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:47v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence