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'File 17/25 Stationery purchased from firms' [‎20r] (39/365)

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The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 7 Feb 1942-8 Oct 1945. It was written in English and Persian. 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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By Air I-Iail
No - 17/25 POLITICAL ACC?rCY,
BAHTA P r -
The /trtt: Anril 1944
To
The Bxport Tmde Controller,
Bombay.
Memorandum.
In October last I placed a telegraphic
order for supply of 1,000 sheets note paper
and 1,000 envelopes with Messrs. Thacker & Co.,
Ltd., Bombay, and asked them to apply for an
export permit. On the 10th November 1943 they
r wired me that the stationery was ready but that
license was not sanctioned . On the 11 th Novem-
1943 I sent you'^ telegram No. 435, a copy of
[-- which is enclosed herewith, and informed Messrs.
Thacker & Co., that you had been requested tele
graphically to issue an export permit.
2. After waiting for five months for the
stationery, during which period several telegra
phic reminders were sent to the Company, I have
now been informed by them that their represent- i
^l£ative visited your office on the 6 th April 1^44
for export permit but was informed that my tele
gram No. 435, dated the 11th November 1943 had
r^\ not been received by you and that the export of
stationery to Bahrain .vas prohibited.
3 . "ill you please confirm tliat my telegram
referred to above was not received by you so
that I may make enquiries from the Cable and
tireless Ltd., Bahrain, about this.
4. In the meantime I have wired to the
Government of India for issue of an export permit
. for the stationery ordered from Messrs. Thacker
and Co., Ltd.,
for 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

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This file consists largely of correspondence concerning stationery supplied to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. Items ordered include rubber stamps, notepaper, envelopes, and printed forms. Much of the correspondence relates to the details of orders and the granting of export permits (from the Government of India) for those orders. Correspondents include the following: 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; the Secretary to the 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. ; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Sharjah; the Times Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Thacker and Company, Bombay (booksellers, publishers, stationers and printers); the British Consulate, Khorramshahr; Gale and Polden Limited (printers, publishers and stationers).

In addition to correspondence the file includes two folders (requested from Gale and Polden by 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. ) of specimens of Christmas cards produced for embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic missions, as well as colonial protectorates. In a letter, dated 2 June 1949 and addressed to the Christmas Card Manager at Gale and Polden (folio 105), 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. requests 200 Christmas cards, similar in style to the card for the British Embassy, Washington DC, which features in one of the specimen folders. The file contains a photograph (and its negative) of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. In the aforementioned letter, 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. specifies that this photograph should be included on the Christmas card.

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1 file (185 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 187; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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