File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 12/9 Visits to Bahrain of government officials and others
- Date:
- 1935/1940
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding the arrangements and programmes for visits to Bahrain of the following:the Minister at Jedda, Sir Andrew Ryan, visiting the Gulf;the Political Agent at Kuwait;Mr Rendel of the Foreign Office;Dr Pawelke, Secretary to the German legation in Baghdad;Mr Loxle;the British Ministry at Tehran, Mr and Mrs Seymour, visiting Qatar and Bahrain;Princess Alice and Earl of Athlone, on a private visit to Ibn Saud and to Bahrain, Qatar and to the California-Arabian Standard Oil (CASOC) oil camp at Al Khobar;the British Ministry in Jedda, Sir Reader Bullard;the British Ambassador at Baghdad, Sir Basil Cochrane Newton visiting Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and CASOC at Dharhan (account of his tour on folios 246-256);Emir Saud [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] visiting Baghdad;the Officers of the Geological Survey of India visiting the Persian Gulf.The documents in the volume are mainly in English. There is correspondence in Arabic with English translations, with Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, and the Government of Saudi Arabia at Al Khobar.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 287; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present between ff 5-259 and ff 260-283 respectively. These numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- State visits
- Geographic region:
- Qatar
Persian Gulf
Al-Khubar - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002e2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002e2_en
IOR/R/15/2/499
IOR/R/15/2/499