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1. ‘19/3 HER EXCELLENCY LADY WILLINGDON’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence, circulars and other papers relating to visits by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India (the Marquis of Willingdon, Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas) and his wife Lady Willingdon (Marie Freeman-Thomas) to Bahrain and Sharjah in May 1934, while travelling by Imperial Airways from Karachi to Basra, and their return to both of these places on the return flight back to Karachi in August 1934. Correspondents in the file include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, the Political Agent at Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, and the Residency Agent at Sharjah, Khan Bahadur ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif.The file includes:correspondence concerning the arrangements made for the Viceroy and Lady Willingdon’s overnight stay at the RAF rest house at Sharjah, on the night of 16 May 1934, and their meeting with the Residency Agent and the Sheikhs of Sharjah (Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī) and Dubai (Sa‘id bin Maktum Āl Maktum);correspondence concerning the arrangements made for the Viceroy and Lady Willingdon to visit Bahrain on 17 May 1934, including: arrangements for the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, to hold a coffee reception in a tent at the aerodrome; the presentation of a speech and gift to the Viceroy by Sheikh Ḥamad; the presentation of invited Arab and European/American guests to the reception, including a lists of invitees (ff 64-65), an invitation to (f 44) and responses from European and American guests (ff 159-167), which includes representatives of the Government of Bahrain, Bahrain Petroleum Company, and the American Mission at Bahrain; appropriate hot weather dress for the occasion;correspondence covering both visits, including: security arrangements; the organisation of gun salutes; gifts for the Viceroy;following the visits in May 1934: newspaper cuttings from the Iraq Timesand The Timesreporting on the visits to Bahrain (ff 101-102); correspondence regarding appropriate gifts to be given by the Viceroy to the Sheikhs of Bahrain and Sharjah; the Political Agent’s report on the Viceroy’s visit to Bahrain (ff 84-85), and the Residency Agent’s report on the visit to Sharjah (Arabic and English, ff 87-92); letters of thanks and appreciation from the Sheikhs;arrangements for stopovers by the Viceroy and Lady Willingdon at Bahrain and Sharjah in August 1934, which are to be private visits, including, at Bahrain, a visit to the house of Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah for refreshments;following the visits in August 1934: reports of the respective visits by the Political Agent at Bahrain (ff 143-144) and the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Arabic and English, ff 145-148); arrangements for a gift of a pair of binoculars to the Sheikh of Sharjah;at the beginning of the file there is some correspondence relating to a visit to Bahrain in July 1933 by Lady Willingdon, who is passing through on an Imperial Airways flight (ff 2-7).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 2-167; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
2. ‘19/10 VISITS OF FOREIGN NOTABILITIES TO BAHRAIN’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence and papers relating to visits to the Persian Gulf by foreign dignitaries. Correspondents in the file include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait.The file includes:correspondence relating to the visit to Bahrain in December 1937 of Amir Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd from Saudi Arabia, including: discussion amongst British Government officials who take a positive view of the proposed visit; a letter from the Political Agent in Bahrain (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Ruler of Bahrain (Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah), dated 7 October 1937, insisting that he be present during any political discussions (ff 24-25); reports in late December 1937 of the visit, written by the Political Agent Hugh Weightman (ff 43-48) and an unknown author (ff 50-53). Both reports include details of: the visiting dignitaries, receptions and dinners; the large quantities of gold sovereigns brought up by the Saudi party in the Bahrain bazaars, to be used to purchase Maria Theresa dollars in Saudi Arabia; rumours amongst the Bahrain bazaars of the purposes of the trip;correspondence relating to the Sheikh of Kuwait’s (Sheikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) proposed visit to Bahrain, his intention being to meet the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, and offer mediation over the Bahrain-Qatar (Zubarah) dispute (ff 26-30);a proposed trip in 1936 by the Iraqi statesman Nuri Pasha to Bombay, stopping off at Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat, and the consequent postponement of this trip due to unforeseen circumstances (ff 2-10). Correspondence relating to Nuri Pasha’s later trip to Riyadh via Bahrain in April 1940 is also included in the file (ff 57-63);the return of the Egyptian Chargé d'Affaires, Abdul Hamid Munir, to Egypt from Riyadh via Bahrain in 1944 (ff 72-76);wartime and post-war various visits by United States dignitaries and legations, including: a US legation at Bahrain in 1942 (ff 65-66); Colonel Hoskins, Personal Envoy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943 (68, 70-71); and US senators in 1943 and 1944-45 (ff 69 77-79);Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 2-81; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
3. '202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.'
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- Abstract: The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, Department of Overseas Trade, and Department of Commerce.Included in the file are:the announcement of an updated version of the Indian Arms Rules, 1878, published in 1924 and subsequent amendments to the wording of revised rules throughout 1924 and 1925;amendments to the Superior Civil Services (Revision of Pay and Pensions) Rules 1924;amendments to the warrant of precedence in India, including additions to and removals from the warrant, and changes to the position of titles within the order of precedence;alterations and amendments to the rules on passage allowances, pensions, leave rules, payments to subscribers of the General Provident fund, and the premature retirement rules;the publication of 'rules for the supply of articles for the public service' in 1924 and the subsequent publication of a list of authorised firms as required under the rules;a copy of the dress regulations for officers of the political department under the Government of India and the Government of Bombay and amendments to those regulations;amendments to regulations for the study of foreign languages;corrections to the 'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India';instructions relating to the purchase of publications in the United Kingdom for official use by Government of India departments;an Order in Council enacted by His Majesty King George V to enable an amendment of the Government of India Act allowing the Secretary to the High Commissioner to India to make and discharge contracts on behalf of the Secretary of State for India in the High Commissioner's absence;correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Francis Beville Prideaux and the Political Agent at Bahrain, Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, following the announcement that the Daly was to be made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.);the announcement of the death of Queen Alexandra (wife of Edward VII) and information relating the official memorial service for her, and procedures for official mourning.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 276; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-274; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Condition: Folios 2-6, 157 have some minor tears and other imperfections which obscure a few of the words on each folio.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative positions of Senior and Junior Officers of the Royal and Indian Navies – Vol: 7’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy. It is the seventh in a series of eleven items.The item concerns Lowe’s complaint against Commander Edward Peirse of HM brig Cruizer, for a breach of etiquette, and his request for clarification on the correct procedure for meetings of Indian Navy and Royal Navy personnel.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 7 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 272, and terminates at f 283 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
5. ‘Establishment. No. I/12 Appointments and Changes in the Political Residents & Agents in the Persian Gulf, and Secretaries, Bushire, & of the Govt. of India. and Others.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence relating to the departure (either permanently or on temporary leave) of current, and the arrival of new incumbents, to the post of Political Resident and Consulate General in the Persian Gulf. The file includes:circulars issued by the Political Resident to Political Agents and Officers in the Persian Gulf and in Persia [Iran], informing them of changes to the post of Political Resident;correspondence sent from the Political Agent at Kuwait to the Ruler of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], informing of changes to the post of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, with the Ruler of Kuwait’s replies. Copies of letters sent to the Ruler of Kuwait are in Arabic. All replies from the Ruler are in Arabic, with most being accompanied by an English translation;covering letters sent between the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Agent at Kuwait, and the Political Agent and Political Resident, with forwarded correspondence of diplomatic etiquette exchanged between the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident;a copy of a press communiqué issued on the event of the death of the Political Resident John Gordon Lorimer, in 1914 (ff 7-8).Later correspondence in the file reports on changes to the posts of Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent at Bahrain, and Political Agent and British Consul at Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional mixed foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-188; these numbers are also written in pencil, and, where circled, are crossed through.
6. 'File 19/2 IV The Honourable the Political Resident's tours, etc'
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- 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.
7. 'File 23/5 SULTAN of MUSCAT's VISIT TO EGYPT'
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- Abstract: Consists of a letter from Sir Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to: Sir Olaf Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi; Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe, Political Agent, Muscat; Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent, Bahrain.Enclosed is a copy of a demi-official letter from Sir Geoffrey Prior to R T Peel, India Office, London explaining the different Arabic titles by which the Sultan of Muscat liked to be referred and how their usage by British officialdom contrasted with that used in Bahrain and Kuwait.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. 'File 1/A/11 I Honours and Awards.'
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- Abstract: The file relates to the award of titles and honours, principally to Gulf rulers, but also to Bahraini citizens and members of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the India Office. There is also correspondence from the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktoom, Ruler of Debai [Sa‘id bin Maktum Āl Maktum, Ruler of Dubai]; and Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain. Enclosures include correspondence from the Foreign Office, Government of India; and other British officials in the region.The papers cover: correspondence concerning awards to individuals (e.g. folios 6-10); administrative arrangements for sending awards to the region (e.g. folio 11); procedure for the presentation of awards to local rulers (e.g. folio 13); the award of an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) to the Ruler of Debai, December 1932 - February 1934; the suggestion that Shaikh Sultan [Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], Ruler of Sharjah be awarded a similar title to one granted to the Ruler of Dubai, May 1935; the allocation of Silver Jubilee Medals to Bahrain, March-May 1935; exemption granted to the Ruler of Bahrain from the covenant for the restoration of the insignia following his appointment as Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE), July, November 1935; increase in the number of guns in the salute for the Ruler of Sharjah, October 1935; the decision to confer the title 'His Highness', in place of their previous title, 'His Excellency', on the Rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], November 1935 - October 1936, January-June 1937; the visit of Shaikh Hamad of Bahrain to London in June 1936 to be invested with the KCIE, December 1935 - December 1936; and the distribution of Coronation Medals (to commemorate the coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937) in Bahrain, May-July 1937. (The dates given refer to main items of correspondence, and may include enclosures of an earlier date.)The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately twenty folios, principally correspondence (nearly all with English translations) between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and Gulf rulers.The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence; the title page on folio 5 states that the file was opened on 1 February 1932 and closed on 31 July 1937.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 348; 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 6-348; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.
9. 'File 11/5 Titles. Koweit 15 Recommendations for Titles and Honours'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); his successor Shaikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; the Secretary to the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India; the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad; John Gordon Lorimer, Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE), at the Foreign Office in Simla; the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent in Baghdad; and the Political Agency in Kuwait; regarding recommendations for titles and honours to be granted to various subjects.The volume also contains speeches and programmes for the investitures; in detail:request by J G Lorimer for sanads (ordinances) to be conferred to the Persian Gulf Gazetteer workers in recognition of their services;recommendations for the Assistant Surgeon in Kuwait, Daudur Rahman, sent by the Ruler of Kuwait;grant of Knight Commander to the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) to the Ruler of Kuwait,investiture of Commander of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) to Shaikh Salim (Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Ruler of Kuwait from 1917); and of CIE to his successor from 1921, Shaikh Ahmad;title of Khan Sahib conferred on Mullah Abdullah bin Abdul Ilahi, Arabic Munshi at the Political Agency in Kuwait and badge of Khan Bahadur granted to Sahib Mulla bin Muhammad, Secretary to the Sheikh of Kuwait;title of Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) to the Sheikh of Mohammerah, Sir Khazal Khan (Khaz'al bin Jabir bin Merdaw al-Ka'bi), KCIE.The volume contains documents in Arabic with English translation, a speech by H E the Naval Commander in Chief, and acceptance speeches from the Rulers of Kuwait.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 188; 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 3-187.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
10. ‘File 16/9 II Id Calls and letters of greetings etc’
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- Abstract: The file comprises: Eid (referred to as Id throughout) greetings sent during Id Adh-Dhuha [Eid-al-Adha] and Id Al Fitr [Eid-al-Fitr] by the Bahrain Political Agent (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch) to the various rulers in the Persian Gulf, and letters in return giving thanks and acknowledging receipt of these greetings; arrangements for visits made by the Political Agent to members of the Bahrain ruling family and prominent Bahrain merchants during Eid; regulations concerning restrictions on activities such as eating, smoking and the playing of music during Ramadan, announced by the Government of Bahrain and Manama Municipality. The file’s correspondence covers the period 12 Sha’ban 1352 to 17 Dhu Al-Hijja 1354, according to the Islamic (Hijri) calendar.Aside from the Bahrain Political Agent, the file’s principal correspondents include: the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, and other members of the Āl Khalīfah family, including Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah and Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah; the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī; the Amir of Hassa [al-Aḥsā’] Shaikh Saud bin ‘Abdullāh bin Jalawī Āl Sa‘ūd; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī.Included in the file is a set of instructions detailing the Bahrain Political Agent’s actions and calls for Eid (ff 258-259), and two greetings postcards sent by the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī (ff 267-268).Correspondence in the file is chiefly in Arabic, with some accompanying English translations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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 2-279 and ff 280-300; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
11. 'File 20/3 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I., Ruler of Bahrain’
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- Abstract: The file contains telegram correspondence sent by the Political Agency in Bahrain announcing the death of Shaikh Sir ‘Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah on 9 December 1932. The telegram was sent to the Political Agencies in the Gulf. The file contains letters of sympathy which were sent from among others, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Naval Commander in Chief, in Basrah. These were all sent to the Political Agency or to the Residency and in turn the Political Agent and the Political Resident conveyed their contents to Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Isa al Khalifah. Shaikh Hamad wrote back to the Political Agent and to the Political Resident requesting to thank those who sent their letters of sympathy.A report of the funeral procedure was also provided. The report states that flags and The Union Jack were lowered, bazaars in Muharraq and Manama were closed, and Bahrain Government offices, bank and schools were closed for three days.The correspondence is mainly between Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Isa al Khalifah, the Political Agent, Bahrain Percy Gordon Loch and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Trenchsrd Craven William Fowle.Physical description: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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 4-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
12. 'File 4/6 Formal calls between Commanders of H.M. Ships, Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar and Trucial Coast.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns all aspects of ceremonial at the Political Agency, Muscat, particularly in terms of relations between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.The papers include: Government of India regulations concerning the cost of firing salutes, 1938; rules governing ceremonial arrangements at Muscat and Oman, including official calls by the Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Muscat, official visits by the Sultan, visits by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, visits by British warships and the Royal Air Force, official occasions, gun salutes, Gwadur [Gwadar], and flags (draft and revised versions), 1941; correspondence from the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning official calls and gun salutes, 1945-47; and papers concerning points of ceremony arising from the transfer of control over Persian Gulf affairs from the Government of India to HM Government in 1947, including a note by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on designation of officers, precedence, salutes, flags, the Political Resident's appellation of 'Honourable', and uniform, dated 10 May 1947, with comments by the India Office and Foreign Office.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 64; 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 2-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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