'File No. G/2 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Notables.'

Content

The file contains correspondence in the form of letters sent between the Political Agents in Bahrain including Percy Gordon Loch and Tom Hickinbotham and the notables of Manama, including, Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo and Abdulaziz Al-Qosaibi (al-Gosaibi). The letters are mostly personal and contain invitations for dinner, as well as exchanges of gifts such as books and fruits. Among other gifts were trees and seeds for planting; the Political Agents and the notables of Manama showed interest in introducing new trees to be planted in Bahrain. The recipients wrote back acknowledging the receipt of letters and gifts. The notables of Manama also passed letters between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and a third party.

A significant amount of the file is in Arabic.

Extent and format

1 file (116 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 110-117 are file notes.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 118; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 5-115; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.

Written in

English, Arabic and Farsi 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/15/2/1937

Former external reference(s)

Vernacular Office Files: G/2

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Mar 1932-20 Aug 1942 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Gifts

People & organisations

'Abd al-'Azīz Āl QuṣaybīYusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo

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