Greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain' [‎252r] (1/8)

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Greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1663, ff 252r-255v

The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 1939. 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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Christmas and New Year greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'. The card has a coloured map of Bahrain on folio 252, and features important sites in Bahrain, including, Shaikh's Hunting Lodge, Oil Wells and Water Wells. Folio 253v includes a photograph of the ancient mosque [of Manama now called al-Khamis Mosque]. Folio 254 has both printed and hand written greetings sent by Mr Kennard Foulkes. Folio 255v gives the publisher information which is Ashraf Bros. Bahrain. On folios 251 and 256 there is correspondence regarding the card.

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1 item (4 folios)

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Dimensions: 150 x 110 mm.

Foliation: the item is numbered 252- 255. These numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle and appear on the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1663, ff 252r-255v
Title: Greeting card entitled 'Greetings from Bahrain'
Pages: 252r:255v
Author: Ashrafs Brothers WLL (xx Ashraf Brothers, Import and Export)
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