'File 19/218 (C 84) Bahrain Succession' [‎17r] (35/210)

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l^o.iea-S of 1955.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. & Conaulate-ieneral,
Bushire, the 17th February 1933.
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To
The hon'ble Lt.-Golonel T.C.i'owle, 0.3.^.,
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 tne iersian Gull',
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
Kew ^elhi.
Sir,
rtith reference to the correspondence ending with
Government of India's telegram No.9t)-H of 2dth January 1933, I
nave the honour to enclose a translation ol a letter ol thanics
from His Kxcellency Shaikh Hamad to Kis iixcellency the Viceroy
for the Kharita An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. which His Excellency was kind enough to send
him.
2. I presented the Kharita An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. to Jhaikh hamad during my
recent visit to Bahrain, at a iiarbar Held on the instant
^ at which the large number - for -lohrain - of 8ome / six hundred
people were present, H.^.i3 . w Triad M , with Captain Crabbe, the
Senior Haval Officer, on board, and the purvey Chip H.M.S.
^Ormonde", were both on a visit to Bahrain, while two Flying
Boats accompanying Air Commodore Cunningham, Chief of the Stafi
to tne ^ir Officer Commanding, * Iraq Command, had flown down
from Baghdad on their way to luscat. Thus some twenty ^aval
and r <oyal Air Force officers were able to be present at the
ijarbar. Arrangements for this function, which entailed
considerable work, were made by Colonel Loch and Mr.Belgrave,
Financial Adviser to the Bahrain Government.