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'19/4 LADY DOROTHY MILLS AND OTHERS'.
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/592
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This record is a file about the '19/4 LADY DOROTHY MILLS AND OTHERS'. dating from 29 Jan 1932-3 Mar 1937.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/2/592
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Title (The name of the record)
- '19/4 LADY DOROTHY MILLS AND OTHERS'.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 29 Jan 1932-3 Mar 1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file concerns a proposed and actual visits to the Persian Gulf by the writer Lady Dorothy Mills to countries in the Middle East in 1932 for the purpose of collecting suitable material for her literary work, with permission granted to her to travel to Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait, but not the Trucial Coast (ff 7-11); and Lady Stokes, widow of Sir Wilfred Stokes, and Miss Hastings, daughter of Colonel Sir George Hastings, to Bahrain in 1937 (ff 12-14). Correspondents in this file include: Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain; and Sir Courtenay Latimer, the British Resident at Rajkot.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (15 folios)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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 7-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2251b78e-070d-46be-8c39-3c1096e7da76/
Series information
IOR/R/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
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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/15/2
Political Agency, Bahrain
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/588-600
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'19/4 LADY DOROTHY MILLS AND OTHERS'.