'File 3/13 Visit of HMS Ormonde to Bahrain'

Title:

'File 3/13 Visit of HMS Ormonde to Bahrain'

Contributor:

Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (correspondent)

Date:

1932/1937

Description:

Correspondence concerning the visit of HMS Ormondeto Bahrain to conduct surveys of Bahrain, Yas Island and Muharraq; the survey party consisted of two officers and eleven ratings and was engaged in surveying work on a number of visits. Includes notice in Arabic with English translation, signed by Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser, Bahrain Government, warning the public not to interfere with the flags and beacons placed by the survey party. Correspondence also discusses the survey of Yas Island with a request to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi to allow facilities.Correspondents include HMS Ormonde; Political Agent, Bahrain; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Ltd, Bahrain; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Ali Bin Hussein Khalfan, Secretary, Manama Municipality; Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain; Charles Belgrave, Adviser, Bahrain Government; Residency Agent, Sharjah.1 volume (86 folios)The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation. The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers in pencil in the top right hand corner of each folio. There file also bears a printed foliation system.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Surveys

Extent:

1 volume (86 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002be_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002be_en
IOR/R/15/2/1095

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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