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File 37: Visits

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/858-860

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This record is about the File 37: Visits dating from 1940-1948.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/858-860
Title
File 37: Visits
Date
1940-1948
Description

The 3 files forming the 'Visits' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Visits' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited and British Overseas Airways Corporation. The main subject is visits to Bahrain by various authorities and representatives of oil companies. Some documents are in Arabic, with English translation.

Arrangement

The 'Visits' subject files are based on a subject file system, with 'Visits' being allocated to File 37, followed by an oblique stroke and a file number for every successive file opened on the subject, from 37/1 to 37/3. There are also traces of another file system, crossed out, with some files being allocated to file 12/9; followed by a part number, for example 12/9 II.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
3 files (376 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/eb862d87-ef7f-4982-b277-2df361651a1a/

Series information

IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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File 37: Visits