'File 12/15 Political Agent's tour'

Title:

'File 12/15 Political Agent's tour'

Date:

1937/1945

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Hugh Weighman, mostly from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political agent at Sharjah, regarding arrangements and programmes for his official visits to the Trucial Coast and Qatar. Some visits were carried via HMS Shoreham, so there is also correspondence with its Captain, G H Faulkner, and with British Overseas Airways Corporation representatives, regarding the fares to be paid by the Agent when staying in their Fort in Sharjah.The file also contains:correspondence with the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain regarding special authorization to land on Muharraq;correspondence with the Political Agent at Kuwait regarding his visit to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and other visits by British officials;reports of visits.The documents in the file are mainly in English. There is correspondence in Arabic with English translation, with Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, regarding the Political Agent at Bahrain's visit to Qatar.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 235; 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 also present in parallel between ff 4-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

State visits
HMS Shoreham, sloop

Geographic region:

Saudi Arabia
Sharjah

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002e5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002e5_en
IOR/R/15/2/502
IOR/R/15/2/502

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