‘File 16/39 Miscellaneous. Visit to Bahrain of Rev. J. V. Westlake, Chaplain of the Church of England. & other chaplains. Appointment of a Church of England Minister, Bahrain’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 16/39 Miscellaneous. Visit to Bahrain of Rev. J. V. Westlake, Chaplain of the Church of England. & other chaplains. Appointment of a Church of England Minister, Bahrain’
- Date:
- 1933/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits to Bahrain of representatives of: the Church of England at Basra (Reverend J V Westlake; Reverend F W Bowyer); the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (Bishop George Francis Graham Brown); the Church of Scotland (Reverend James Hume); and the Latin Church at Ashar, Basra (Reverend Father Laurence Lamb). The papers also concern arrangements for services to be held by these visitors in Bahrain, and reports (many in the file notes at the end of the file) written or dictated by the Political Agent, describing the visits and services held.The file also contains: correspondence and papers produced by the Church Committee in Bahrain relating to services held in Bahrain, and arrangements for the Church of England chaplain at Basra to make periodic visits to Bahrain to conduct services; correspondence concerning the appointment of an Anglican clergyman at the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) camp in Bahrain; and a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) to the Bishop of Jerusalem (Reverend Weston Henry Stewart) dated 20 October 1943, on proposals for the construction of an Anglican church in Bahrain (ff 85-86).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 104; 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 4-89; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Christianity
Church services
Visits - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011a_en
IOR/R/15/2/1547
IOR/R/15/2/1547