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'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous' [43r] (87/124)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1925-28 Jun 1931. 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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Oh yes very likely. Md Sharif n.ust have told him.
I represented it to J.K. purely from the point of view of
the A .P .O.C being a British firm and he being an old friend of
the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. He gives me the most grateful look whenever I see
him. If this is an interference in State matters, I think you
will regard it as excusable J A decree will be issued
shortly which will settle the matter, but I am taking no part in J
it.
Belgrave tells me that a report he sent you on the pearling}
trade has been published almost word for word in, I think, the
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Near East. He says that had he cared to send it as an article
he would certainly have got a fiver for it, and he not unnatural
ly dislikes the produce of his pen being published for the bene
fit of others. His feelings are decidedly hurt in the matter.
Mine are hurt by those frightful asses the Bept of Overseas Trade
publishing my letter about launches and Kanoo acimMt word for
Mi word for word in the Near East. I see that I asked for
for the naiies of .... * so that I may recommend their use in
launches in preference to those of American manufacture. The
launch engine market is at present entirely British and it is
our duty to see that it remains so 1 It is one thing to say
this to you, and another to say it in the colomns of the Hear East
for people like Pennings to read. Asses. May apes void upon
their ancestors tablets.
That seems to be about all. Nov/ for a little work.
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The documents contained in this file cover a diverse range of topics. The file includes - in the following order - letters concerning water boring operations in Bahrain (1925/1926), a report of an assassination attempt against Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1926), a petition to 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. from Sunni and Shia inhabitants of Bahrain (1926), a letter regarding Shaikh Hamad's desire to visit Abdullah bin Jasim Al Thani in Qatar (1927), a list showing the quantity and value of foreign goods imported into Bahrain in 1927, discussions regarding the granting of additional land in Bahrain to Mespers, The Mesopotamian-Persian Trading Corporation (1928), reports concerning the Persian school in Bahrain (1928), a letter 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. in Bahrain to 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 Bushire that discusses several matters (1929), correspondence that discusses the distinction between Shaikh Hamad's personal flag and the official state flag of Bahrain (1930), an intelligence report on the Qusaibi family of Riyadh (1931) and a letter about the implementation of a 10 percent cut to the personal allowances of the Al Khalifa family (1931).
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- 1 file (60 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
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Unbound, loose pages in a folder. Foliation starts on the first page of the file. The foliation numbers are written in pencil and circled. They appear in the top right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A previous foliation system runs from folio 3 to folio 8 but has been crossed out. An additional, inconsistent, foliation system appears in pencil and blue crayon, starting on folio 10.
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- IOR/R/15/1/328
- Title
- 'File 19/116 VIII (C 34) Bahrain Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:9v, 10v, 11v:60v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence