'File 20/5 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Honours, Titles & Decorations'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 20/5 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Honours, Titles & Decorations'
- Date:
- 1914/1950
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of titles and badges to various persons in the Gulf. For instance, the title ‘Khan Bahadur’ was given to, among others, Khan Sahib Abdur Rahman Zaiyani, an Arab merchant, and to Mirza Ismail Barduli, an interpreter at the Agency in Muscat. The badge of a ‘Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire’ was delivered to Captain John Baron Howes. The title ‘Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire’ was given to Shaikh Hamad Bin ‘Isa Al-Khalifa.The file also contains correspondence regarding the procedure for the replacement of the King’s Silver Jubilee Medals.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Muscat, and Kuwait, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.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 127; 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 1-115 and ff 116-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Honours
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000195_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000195_en
IOR/R/15/2/1670
IOR/R/15/2/1670