'File 4/60 Mission Fund.'

Title:

'File 4/60 Mission Fund.'

Date:

1950/1950

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns expenditure by the Political Agency. Bahrain (and the British Agencies at Qatar and Sharjah) on 'ceremonial' expenses (official entertainment) chargeable to the Agency's Mission Fund.The file includes correspondence from the Political Agent, Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly); the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Officer, Qatar (Arthur John Wilton); the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (Patrick Desmond Stobart); and departments of the Government of Bahrain.The papers cover: correspondence and accounts concerning the provision of coffee for hospitality purposes; supply of infra-red lamps for the Shaikh of Dubai; allocation of money to the Mission Fund; expenditure in connection with a dinner party given in honour of the Ruler of Abu Dhabi; statement of Mission Fund expenditure for the quarter ended 30 September 1950; and expenses in connection with the installation of temporary lighting at the Political Agency, Bahrain.The Arabic language content of the file consists of a letterhead on folio 6, and a few signatures.The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence; the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 43 dated 6 December [1950].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 44; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Hospitality
Coffee

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000325_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000325_en
IOR/R/15/2/1166
IOR/R/15/2/1166

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