File
'Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/751
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the 'Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain' dating from 1947.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/1/751
-
Title (The name of the record)
- 'Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain'
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1947
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This file contains two copies of a concession agreement between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Government of Bahrain (represented by Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain). The agreements (folios 5-18) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, the British Political Agent in Bahrain and have wax impressions of the Agency's official seal on the reverse of their final folios. The agreements are bi-lingual (English and Arabic) and every folio of one copy (folios 12-18) has been stamped with Shaikh Salman's personal seal. The file also contains draft copies of the agreement (folios 19-34) in both English and Arabic with annotations and corrections in pencil.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
-
The file contains two official copies of the agreement (folios 5-18) followed by drafts of the agreement (folios 19-34).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- Arabic; English
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (36 folios)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Unrestricted
-
Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- File containing loose sheets that were previously bound with treasury tags. Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/12382a47-bd99-44ac-b282-678107eda60e/
Series information
IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/1/749-758
Political Residency, Bushire: further additional papers
You are currently looking at the file: IOR/R/15/1/751
'Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain'