‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 16/66 Gifts and souvenirs to shaikhs’
- Date:
- 1945/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence relating to gifts of ammunition cartridges made by British political officials to members of the ruling family of Bahrain, including the ruler, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah. Included in the papers are letters of thanks from the recipients of these gifts, often in both English translation and Arabic original.Interspersed amongst this correspondence is some related to a gift of two bags of sugar, given by the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast to Shaikh Mohamed bin Ali bin Huwaidin, chief of the Beni Qitab tribe, as a ‘favour of settlement’.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Gifts
Ammunition
Āl Khalīfah (Family)
Beni Qitab (Tribe) - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000139_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000139_en
IOR/R/15/2/1578
IOR/R/15/2/1578