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‘Original C.O. [Confidential Office] File Register’ [27r] (55/252)
The record is made up of 1 volume (123 folios). It was created in [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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19 - Bahrain
File No . Subject .
19/43 Shaikh Hamad recognised as successor to
Shaikh Isa. 1897-1901,
19/83 MuBder of Shaikh Salman. 1900-1906.
19/84 Status of Foreigners. 1901-1911.
19/91 Visit of "Per so polls 11
19/98 Asphalt deposits at Bahrain. 1900-05.
19/109 Bahrain. Relations of Chief with other
Foreign Powers.
19/116 Bahrain Miscellaneous.
19/118 British Representative at Bahrain. 1900-05
19/126 Bahrain Customs.
19/127 Proposal to open branch of I.B.P. 1900-06
19/128 Naphta spring near Halul Island. 1901-11
19/142 Albu Ainain at Qasr al Subah. 1909-16
19/156 Bahrain Customs.
19/163 Ibn Saud's relations with Shaikh of Bahrain.
Nejdi Agents activities.
19/166 Bahrain Reforms.
19/166 Nejdis and Persian s in Bahrain. 1923.
19/168 Mehdi at Jishi. 1923.
19/169 Bahrain Reforms.
19/171 Dowasin Tribe
19/172 & A Bahrain Armed Police.
19/175 Bahrain Pearling Reforms.
19/176 Bahrain Finances.
19/190 Education of Sons of Shaikh Hamad.
19/191 Bahrain, Persian claim to -
19/192 Bahrain and Arab Coast smuggling.
19/198 Khor Kaliya. 1927-28.
19/203 Bahrain Chamber of Commerce
19/205 Bahrain. Appointment of Director of
Customs
19/204 Bahrain. Appointment of financial and
Assistant Financial Adviser.
19/206 Bahrain. Appointment of Officer Commanding
Armed Polite.
19/209 Bahrain. Desire of Ruler to visit other
States.
19/212 Bahrain Transit Dues.
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The volume is an index of those files created by staff at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , that came under the jurisdiction of the Confidential Office of the 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. . Under each subject heading, the subject number, file number and title of the file is listed.
A note at the front of the volume (folio 2) states the Senior Record Clerk at Bushire was responsible for the index, and that files marked blue ‘B’ were those transferred to Bushire, files marked red ‘C’ had been permanently closed, and those marked with a red cross had been destroyed. There are various annotations in red, blue and black pen throughout the volume’s lists. These annotations include: files marked as ‘destroyed’ in the right-hand margin; handwritten corrections to typewritten file titles; and red annotations at the bottom of each subject list indicating the last subject/file number used by the main office. Under these latter annotations, in some subject lists, there are additional typewritten file entries, presumably of new files opened after the creation of the index.
There is no indication of the date that the index was created, with the exception of one annotation that is dated 15 January 1948 (folio 14).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (123 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by the subject numbers associated with each subject heading, which run from 1 to 101. There is an index of the subject headings, arranged by subject number, on folios 3-5. Under each subject, individual files are arranged in numerically ascending order by their file numbers.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomaly occurs: 17a.
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- ‘Original C.O. [Confidential Office] File Register’
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 17ar:17av, 18r:124v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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