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‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’ [276r] (551/612)
The record is made up of 1 file (304 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1933-2 Jan 1945. 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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Bushire Memorandum Bo. 1324 dated the 20th June
1933.
Locust Report.
P.A.
The monthly reports of locusts will "be submitte/j
on the lot of every month and the first report
which will
will be for the month of July 1933^iH be sent on
1st of August 1933.
May the Heed
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
and the
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
Sharjah be asked to furnish reports on the lines
of the ciata received from Bushire in respect of
Bahrain Islands and
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
respectively?
The former should give this report on the last
day of the month and the latter may be asiced to
* .
send his report a v/eek earlier to reach in time
for insertionx in the report for that month.
For orders please.
2 . BL ^ ^
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P.A. ,
Letter to R.A.Shargah drafted and is submitted
for approval.
2. By referring to the form of the data(page-2) it
would appear that the information asked for cannot
be had from the people in the tov/n. There are so
many villages in Bahrain the neople of which scracely:
come to the town. Besides an ordinary villager
leaves the tov/n as soon as he finishes his ourchases
and it is difficult to obtain such information from \
.
them. This information can only be had from the head
men of the villages in which case the Adviser can A
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Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the occurrence of locust swarms on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file chiefly comprises copies of monthly reports of locust occurrences at Bahrain and on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , submitted by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, at the request of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India. All reports are marked ‘nil’, meaning no locust occurrences observed, with the exception of those for April 1941 (f 200), August 1943 (f 253), and March 1944 (f 265).
The file also includes:
- correspondence concerning the visit to the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , between January and April 1937, of Reginald Charles Maxwell-Darling of the Imperial Institute of Entomology, London. Correspondence relates to Maxwell-Darling’s travel arrangements, notification of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. rulers of the visit, and difficulties likely to be experienced in travelling into Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] territories (ff 55-136);
- correspondence dated 1937, relating to locust movements in Arabia, in connection to locust movements in India and Iran (ff 145-146, ff 150-152);
- correspondence dated 1943 making reference to the activities of the Anti-Locust Mission on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (304 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 275-305) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 306; 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 also present in parallel between ff 12-281; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1542
- Title
- ‘File 16/37 Miscellaneous. Monthly reports of locust occurrences in Bahrain– Submission of–’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:56v, 58r:69v, 71r:84v, 87r:87v, 89r:91v, 93r:98v, 100r:116v, 118r:120v, 122r:128v, 132r:135v, 137r:197v, 199r:305v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence