‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 16/42 II Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’
- Date:
- 1944/1950
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to arrangements for visits to Bahrain, or passages through Bahrain, by various individuals, including:Harbans Lal Jerath, Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi, on an official visit in late 1946 and early 1947. Details of the visit, including a tour programme, discussions for a renewal of the mail contract, and a proposed new post office building in Bahrain, are included in the file (ff 43-44, ff 103-104);Ghulamali Khan Talpur, Minister for Food, Agriculture, Industries and Labour in Sind, visiting Bahrain while en route to Jeddah, Mecca and Medina in February 1947. Copies of a report of the visit, prepared by the Indian Assistant at the Agency, appear in the file (f 51, f 105);Mrs Audrey Farquhar, wife of the British Counsellor at Tehran, travelling in late 1945 from Spain via Bahrain to Iran;the Governor of Bushire, Dr Hisabi, travelling in late 1945 from Bushire to Bombay [Mumbai] via Bahrain;French journalist Jacques Kayser, visiting Bahrain in early 1947;Bertram Thomas, scheduled to visit in 1949, in his capacity as an adviser to the Shell Group.The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/42 Visitors and guests of the Political Agent, Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/1550).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 113; 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 2-64; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Accommodation
Visits
Travel
Director, Posts and Telegraphs, Karachi - Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00011e_en
IOR/R/15/2/1551
IOR/R/15/2/1551