File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 18/8 ‘Buildings:- Accommodation and furniture for A.P.A. (A.PA’s Furniture Fund) Bahrain’
- Date:
- 1934/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the residence of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning the following:The rental of the houseThe connection of the telephone system in the houseThe laying of a water pipe from the artesian well to the houseThe purchase of furniture for the houseThe renewal of the lease of the houseThe installation of a fan in the houseRepairs needed to the houseThe plan of the new Assistant Political Agent’s residenceThe electric wiring and fittings for the new Assistant Political Agent’s residence.The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, and the following: the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the State Engineer, Bahrain Government; Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kanoo; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier, Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; and Muhamad Rafi Abdul Qadir Faqihi.Detailed file notes are found on folios 236 to 264.The file includes several letters and lease agreements in Arabic (folios 4, 37, 72 to 76, 79, 84, 116, 121, 127, 134, 135, 137, 143, 164, 195, and 222 to 223), some of which are translated into English.The file includes a blueprint plan of the residence for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain [IOR/R/15/2/1639, f 233].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-235 and ff 237-264; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Building leases
Housing maintenance
Houses
Furniture - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000176_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000176_en
IOR/R/15/2/1639
IOR/R/15/2/1639