'File 6/5A Miscellaneous correspondence with the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain'
Date:
1948/1949
Description:
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the British Consulate in Beirut, and a number of teachers in Palestine seeking employment in the Persian Gulf. The papers are mostly concerned with the employment of teachers, particularly those from Lebanon and Palestine. Other matters covered by the file are the purchase of strip lighting for the Catholic Church and the promotion and appointment of clerks and engineers by the Bahrain state.Folios 20-22 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; 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in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.