'File 19/2 IV The Honourable the Political Resident's tours, etc'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 19/2 IV The Honourable the Political Resident's tours, etc'
- Date:
- 1937/1944
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1937 and 1944.The file contains programmes of the visits, arrangements for meetings with ruling families, seating plans for official dinners, and notes on etiquette.The principal correspondents are: Imperial Airways Limited Station Superintendent at Baghdad; Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Station Superintendent at Bahrain; Petroleum Concessions Limited (Bahrain); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah and his successor, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah, rulers of Bahrain; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.Some of the correspondence with the Residency Agency in Sharjah and with the ruler of Bahrain is in English and Arabic.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 417; 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 also present in parallel between ff 4-389; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- State visits
Etiquette - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000185_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000185_en
IOR/R/15/2/1654
IOR/R/15/2/1654