‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire’
- Date:
- 1943/1944
- Description:
- Abstract: Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 III Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’ (IOR/R/15/2/1532)The papers deal with matters of a routine nature, chiefly the order or exchange of goods from suppliers, merchants and colleagues, and arrangements for shipment. Ordered goods include: automobiles and automobile spares, including tyres and batteries; office supplies and stationery, including typewriter repairs; other items of machinery and machinery spare parts, such as oil engines, valves; alcohol, non-alcoholic beverages and foodstuffs; vegetable seeds; sports equipment. Some correspondence and file notes allude to the shortage of or restrictions upon the import and export of certain goods during wartime. The file also includes some correspondence between British officials concerning the transfer from one office to another of clerks and other Government staff, in response to specific working requirements.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 373; 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 3-332; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Supplies
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00010c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00010c_en
IOR/R/15/2/1533
IOR/R/15/2/1533