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'File 34/8 British Council Visitors for U.K.' [2r] (3/64)
The record is made up of 1 file (32 folios). It was created in 24 Apr 1948-26 Nov 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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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.
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Bahrain.
Dated the 24th April, 1948
I forward herewith a copy of a letter I have
received from the British Council in which an offer
has been made to pay the expenses (less expenses for
the journey to the U 0 K. and back)" of a visitor from
Bahrain or one of the other Gulf States.
2, So far as Bahrain is concerned have you anybody
you can suggest ? I can only think of Ahmed Omran
or some English-knowing merchant such as Hussain
Yateem or Khalifah bin Abdul Rahman al ^osaibi,
3. Owing to their inexperience I am not consulting
Andrew and Stobart. " If you think that the funds
allotted would be more profitably expended on a visitor
from Kuwait please advise me accordingly. The only
possible visitor from Muscat would, I think, be
Saiyid Tariq and as he is not concerned with education
or trade and the Sultan probably distrusts him or at
any rate does not make full use of his abilities I do
not at present feel inclined to suggest that he should
CoJ. Pelly, Esquire, O.B.S.,
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.
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Bahrain ,
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a visit to the UK made by Shaikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the Superintendent of the Bahrain Police Force. The programme of events arranged for Shaikh Khalifa during the visit - which was organised and paid for by the British Council - is discussed in the file as are the Shaikh's impressions of the country upon his return to Bahrain.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (32 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: The file was formerly bound with treasury tags but these have since been removed and its pages are now loose.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 2-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can also be found throughout the file.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 23, and 23A; 25, and 25A.
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- IOR/R/15/2/845
- Title
- 'File 34/8 British Council Visitors for U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4v:9v, 10v, 11v:14v, 15v:16v, 17v:18v, 19v:20v, 21v:23v, 23ar:23av, 24r:25v, 25ar:25av, 26r:29v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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