Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
- Date:
- 1934/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and related notes on the provision of accommodation in the Sharjah Rest House for observers of the Indian Meteorological Department; the observers at Sharjah were to be transferred from Muscat. It also contains some discussion over the future of the observatories operated by the Indian Meteorological Department at Bahrain and Sharjah – following the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 – and arrangements for their replacement with observatories run by the UK Meteorological Service.A statement showing some activities of the Royal Air Force Observatory at Bahrain can be found on folios 16-17.The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle and Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the India Office (the Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947). The file does not include any correspondence for the years 1936-46.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Meteorological stations
Indian Meteorological Department - Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Sharjah - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00020c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00020c_en
IOR/L/PS/12/1986
IOR/L/PS/12/1986