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'21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL' [12r] (23/48)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 30 Sep 1946-8 Jan 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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D.O. No.C/303.
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHRAIN.
The 5th of March, 1947.
Dear Colonel Hay,
Will you please retar to your demi-official
letter No.238-8, dated the 7th February, 1947?
2. I cannot say that I am in favour of the
creation oi a post on the lines of a
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.
Agent
Tor I ohink them a relic of the past. They were
necessitated by difficulty of communications, poorness
of living conditions, type of work, lack of suitable
officers ¥/ith linguistic attainments, etc., etc. None
of these will apply in the present case where modern
conditions will soon prevail, and I think that we
keep abreast of the times and post a political
oiiicer when the time comes. Incidentally, I was never
in favour of the subterfuge of a doctor and did not
suggest it. My proposal was to assist in the medical
field and generally to keep His Majesty’s Government’s
prestige alive.
3. I see no reason why the Shaikh of Qatar should
not agree in due course to the implementation of
Article VIII, and indeed it will be necessary that he
should if P.C.L. grows up on the same scale as BAPCO
entailing passport work, a mass of correspondence,
judicial work both criminal and civil, and a hundred
and one other things. In addition a Chief Local Repre
sentative is provided for in the political Agreement.
4. As things are at present, however, and while
P.C.L. still have their headquarters at Manama I am of
the opinion that 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.
, Bahrain, can
sufficiently supervise Qatar affairs.
Yours sincerely,
The Hon’ble Lt-col. W.R. Hay,
C•S•I., C.I.E.,
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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Bahrain.
NS
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This file concerns the construction of the first hospital at Doha, Qatar, in the mid-1940s. Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly, 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. at Bahrain; E P Donaldson, 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. , London; Dr W N Storm and Dr Paul Wilberforce Harrison of the American Mission at Bahrain.
Details include funding by the American Mission and the possibility of funding from the Government of India based on the scale of that provided for medical facilities at Dubai; the necessity of medical facilities to service the oil industry and for a Political Officer to reside at Doha under Article 8 of the Anglo-Qatar treaty of 1916; relations between the American Mission and Qatar and the British administration; and the possibility of posting an European doctor to Qatar. Notable documents include a letter, dated 6 Dhu al-Qidah 1366 (20 September 1947), from ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī 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. at Bahrain regarding the construction of the hospital and a report by Storm and Harrison about their trip to the hospital at Doha in October 1947.
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- 1 file (22 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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 previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/608
- Title
- '21/5 QATAR HOSPITAL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:23v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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