'File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building'

Title:

'File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building'

Date:

1940/1950

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah.The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26).There is further correspondence from the Adviser, notifying that the Post Office was to be vacated and demolished in 1947, to make space for a new building, including a new Post Office; this includes a 'Plan of Proposed Post Office at Manamah, Bahrain', 1946 (folio 29).There is correspondence on the rent for the new Post Office and a copy of the new lease agreement, signed in 1949 by the Adviser and the Political Agent (folios 124-127).The supply of equipment for the Post Office from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) is also subject of the correspondence within the file.The principal correspondents are: the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; Manama Municipality, the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.There is a document in Arabic with English translation, a receipt from Manama Municipality for taxes paid for the Post Office.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 167; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-108; 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:

Postal services

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000a0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000a0_en
IOR/R/15/2/1425
IOR/R/15/2/1425

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