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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Language Arabic

1341. IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1663-1675
Title:
File 20: Ceremonials and Celebrations
Scope & Content:
There are thirteen surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from 1914 to 1950, about Celebrations and Ceremonials. Files IOR/R/15/2/1663-1665 contain correspondence regarding the celebrations arranged every year by the Political Agency, Bahrain, for both the King’s Birthday and Ne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1914-1950
Extent:
13 files (1,556 folios)

1342. IOR/R/15/2/1664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1664
Title:
File 20/1- IV Ceremonials and Celebrations: New Year's a King's Birthday's Celebrations.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the celebration of the King’s Birthday and New Year’s Day between 1939 and 1945 at the Agency in Bahrain. Due to the War, the arrangements for the King’s Birthday celebrations at the Agency were cancelled between the years 1940 and 1944, and invitations were on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1939-24 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (218 folios)

1343. IOR/R/15/2/1665

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1665
Title:
File 20/1 V Ceremonials and Celebrations. Celebrations in connection with Christmas New Year, H. M. The King's Birthday etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers regarding the occasions of the King’s Birthday and Christmas and New Year's Day between 1944 and 1950. The King’s Birthday was celebrated in June each year, and was sometimes announced as an official holiday at the Political Agency in Bahrain. For the King’s Birthday, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1944-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (228 folios)

1344. IOR/R/15/2/1666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1666
Title:
‘File 20/B HANDING OVER OF P. A. Advice to Shaikhs etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters and memorandum regarding the appointment of Cornelius James Pelly as Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf in Bushire, and his departure from Bahrain. The correspondence is also about the appointment of Arnold Crawshaw Galloway as the new Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1945-21 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

1345. IOR/R/15/2/1667

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1667
Title:
‘File 20/2 Ceremonials & Honours. DEATHS IN ROYAL FAMILY AND OF OTHER BIG PERSONS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams announcing the deaths of members of the British Royal Family, British Government officials and ruling families and presidents of other countries, and their funerals. Among those who passed away in the Royal Family are the Empress Maria of Russia, aunt of King George V...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1927-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

1346. IOR/R/15/2/1668

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1668
Title:
'File 20/3 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I., Ruler of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegram correspondence sent by the Political Agency in Bahrain announcing the death of Shaikh Sir ‘Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah on 9 December 1932. The telegram was sent to the Political Agencies in the Gulf. The file contains letters of sympathy which were sent from among others, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1932-2 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

1347. IOR/R/15/2/1669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1669
Title:
File 20/4 Ceremonials & Honours. Receptions, entertainments, invitations and presents etc.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding tea and dinner parties held at the Agency in Bahrain. These parties were held for various occasions including the departure of the Political Agent Charles Geoffrey Prior, and the official introduction of the Shaikh of Kuwait Ahmad al-Jaber al-Subah to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1932-26 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)

1348. IOR/R/15/2/1670

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1670
Title:
File 20/5 CEREMONIALS AND HONOURS. Honours, Titles & Decorations
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of titles and badges to various persons in the Gulf. For instance, the title ‘Khan Bahadur’ was given to, among others, Khan Sahib Abdur Rahman Zaiyani, an Arab merchant, and to Mirza Ismail Barduli, an interpreter at the Agency in Muscat. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1914-Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

1349. IOR/R/15/2/1674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1674
Title:
File No 20/9 Honours & Ceremonials:- Corr. re: Grant of title of K.C.I.E, to H. E. Shaik Sir Hamad bin `Isa Al Khailifah, on 1st Jany 1935.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the grant of the title of KCIE (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire) to His Excellency Shaikh Sir Hamad bin `Isa Al Khalifa. Letters of congratulation regarding the appointment were conveyed by the Political Agent in Bahrain Percy Gordon ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1935-26 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

1350. IOR/R/15/2/1675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1675
Title:
File 20/10 Honours and Ceremonials:- Corr. re: His Majesty’s Silver Jubilee 1935.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the celebration of The Silver Jubilee of King George V in May 1935. The correspondence includes letters and statements sent by Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee Fund to the Political Agencies and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf regarding raisi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1935-18 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)

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