'File 6/3 I Transfer of Long Term Prisoners to India; Employment of Prisoners in the Agency etc; Escape of Prisoners from Lawful Custody and their kit'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 6/3 I Transfer of Long Term Prisoners to India; Employment of Prisoners in the Agency etc; Escape of Prisoners from Lawful Custody and their kit'
- Contributor:
- Eastern Bank Limited (correspondent)
Emir of Qatar (correspondent)
Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (correspondent)
Government of Bombay, Accountant General (correspondent)
Commissioner, Sind (correspondent)
Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (correspondent)
Persian Gulf Political Residency (correspondent) - Date:
- 1926/1932
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence between the following:Commandant, Bahrain State Police;Political Agent, Bahrain;Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave);Residency Agent, Sharjah;Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar;Office of the Commissioner, Sind;Superintendent, District Prison, Karachi;Accountant General, Bombay;Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain;Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, Bahrain;Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.The papers concern prisoners of the Bahrain state, in particular their deportation to places such as India. Many of the papers are covering letters, receipts, invoices, and requests for payment for the upkeep of prisoners held in jails in Karachi, Sukkur, and Hyderabad. This correspondence is between officials of those jails, the Political Agent in Bahrain, and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.Several other matters are covered by the file, including:arrangements between the Political Agent and the Commandant of Police for prisoner labour services at the Agency and elsewhere;scheduling for police post duties;transfers for medical treatment;purchase of uniforms;dismissal of staff;attempted escapes;an attempt by a deported convict to re-enter Bahrain from Najd (Saudi Arabia).Folio 173 is a copy of a letter, dated 6 June 1928, from the Secretary of State for Colonies to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding the official title of the Agent at Jeddah and which is to be used in correspondence with Ibn Saud, ruler of Najd and its dependencies.1 file (205 folios)The file is arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 207; 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 1-2, 4-21, 23-26, 28-33, 35-82, 84-103, 105-147, 149-206; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
Arabic - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Prisoners
- Extent:
- 1 file (205 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Public Domain
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00036d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00036d_en
IOR/R/15/2/1206 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers