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1. IOR/R/15/2/795-800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/795-800
Title:
File 30 Middle East Policy
Scope & Content:
There are six surviving files containing correspondence, dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about various aspects of British policy in the Middle East. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There are seve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1945-1950
Extent:
6 files (514 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/798
Title:
File 30/4 STUDY OF CURRENT MILITARY AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (mainly telegrams) relating to arrangements for a conference in Basra involving senior inter-service officers from the Imperial Defence College to study the military and economic problems of the Middle East and their effect on strategy. Due to work relating to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1947-2 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/796
Title:
30/2 THE ARAB LEAGUE.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the establishment of the Arab League. a summary (ff 2-9) of a resolution of protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress published in the Journal d'Egypte in October 1944. a copy – provided by the British Ministry of Information Middl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1944-15 Nov 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/800
Title:
File 30/7 Review of Middle Eastern Economic and Social Policy
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the submission of information on the Persian Gulf states for a review of Middle East economic and social policy prepared by the Middle East Secretariat of the Foreign Office. The file includes: notes (ff 6-9) on Bahrain compiled by Herbert George Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1949-25 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/795

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/795
Title:
30/1 I Palestine Disturbances
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to disturbances which occurred in Bahrain in connection with events in Palestine. It includes detailed descriptions of riots, damage sustained to property and the involvement of different groups as well as letters from the Jewish community in Bahrain. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1945-18 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (347 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/797

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/797
Title:
ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH LEGATION IN TRANSJORDAN.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Foreign Office circular noting that as a result of the Anglo-Transjordan Treaty [Treaty of London] of 22 March 1946, which recognised Transjordan as a fully independent state with Amir [Emir] Abdulla [‘Abdullāh] bin Hussein as sovereign, responsibility for British policy h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/799

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/799
Title:
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP BRITISH TANKERS IN THE SUEZ CANAL
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the possibility of an attempt to blow up British tankers in the Suez Canal by means of bringing up a small boat alongside. The Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf communicated this to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain, and R M Brown, C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1947-18 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)