‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
- Date:
- 1943/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of, and raising of funds for the construction of, an Anglican church in Manama, Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Bishop of Jerusalem (the Right Reverend Weston Henry Stewart); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance).Subjects covered in the correspondence include:negotiation with representatives of, and consent from other Christian institutions in Bahrain, namely the Bahrain Petroleum Company’s church at Awali, and the American Mission church in Manama;appointment of a chair to the Bahrain appeal committee;contributions and fundraising activities towards the construction of the church, with reference made to the expensive nature of construction in Bahrain, as a result of the war;visits to Bahrain by the Bishop of Jerusalem in March 1945 and January 1946;postponement of construction of the church in the immediate post-war period, due to continued prohibitively high material and labour costs;recruitment of a chaplain, including discussion of salary and requirements (accommodation, car);discussion of the nature and architectural style of any church building that might be built.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Building construction
Anglicans
Fundraising
Anglicanism - Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Manama - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022e_en
IOR/R/15/2/1823
IOR/R/15/2/1823