'File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain' [‎1r] (7/612)

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The file comprises correspondence and other papers sent to and from the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , relating to the set-up and subsequent day-to-day running of a weather observatory in Bahrain. The file begins with a letter from the head meteorologist of the India Meteorological Department in Karachi, addressed 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. (20 June 1927), stating that the Government of India, in conjunction with the London-Karachi Aviation Weather Service, wish to start an Upper Air Observatory at Bahrain (f 1). The Agent, liaising with the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Belgrave) confirms that land adjacent to the existing telegraph office is available. He confirms that accommodation for the two weather observers is available in town (f 3).

Correspondence throughout the remainder of the file relates to the ongoing maintenance and running of the observatory. A number of themes are repeated through the file, which can be summarised as follows: the rent of land and buildings for the observatory, and accommodation for the observers; arrangements for the delivery of equipment and correspondence from India, and duty to be paid at the Bahrain customs house; medical requirements of and health checks for the observatory staff; periodic repairs to the observatory premises; damage to and theft of observatory equipment; misuse and appropriation of observatory land; proposals to erect fencing around observatory land; recruitment of local labour to manufacture weather balloons.

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1 file (307 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence and other papers in the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the beginning, to the latest at the end. Office notes were maintained at the end of the file from December 1932 onwards (ff 275-300), and mirror the chronological order of the file papers.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There are two incomplete foliation sequences and one complete sequence. One incomplete sequence is circled in red crayon; the other is written in pencil, in the top right corner. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends on 300, which is the last folio of writing. Foliation anomalies: no f 78; no f 104; no f 121; no ff 133-141. Letters have been used to number the following folios: f 53A; f 113A; f 113B; f 144A; f 145A; f 146A; f 153A; f 182A; f 189A; f 192A; ff 240A-D; f 269A.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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