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81. IOR/R/15/2/627-629

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/627-629
Title:
File 23 Intelligence
Scope & Content:
The Intelligence files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain records of confidential information passed by various sources to the Political Agent, Bahrain. Most of the information is political intelligence relating to Saudi Arabia. There are only three files: reports of the activities of a n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1933-1947
Extent:
3 files (200 folios)

82. IOR/R/15/2/633-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/633-637
Title:
File 24: Passport Control
Scope & Content:
There are five surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about passport control at Bahrain. Each file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the handling of individual cases by the Political Agent, Bahrain, in cooperation with the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1927-1947
Extent:
5 files (330 folios)

83. IOR/R/15/2/643 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/643 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 26 Medical
Scope & Content:
The file forming the 'Medical' subject file was produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file dates from 1934-1935. The 'Medical' subject file contains correspondence between the Political Resident at Bushire and local rulers. The topics covered are: reques...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1935
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

84. IOR/R/15/2/644 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/644 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 26 Administration (Political)
Scope & Content:
There is only one surviving file. This file relates to the establishment of a new decoration of honour by the ruling family of Bahrain, known as the Order of the Al Khalifah.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1941
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

85. IOR/R/15/2/645-650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/645-650
Title:
File 27 Etiquette
Scope & Content:
The Etiquette files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, contain files from the 1930s and 1940s concerning: gun salutes for British officials and members of the various Arab ruling families in the Gulf; social etiquette (such as terms of address, relative seniority of British officials and seating ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
6 files (564 folios)

86. IOR/R/15/2/651-765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651-765
Title:
File 28 [Second World] War
Scope & Content:
The Second World War subject files cover a wide range of topics affecting Bahrain in the time leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of, the Second World War. The files may be broadly arranged under the following categories: oil production at Bahrain, managed by the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1930-1950
Extent:
115 files (13,409 folios)

87. IOR/R/15/2/766-794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/766-794
Title:
File 29 War: Food Supplies
Scope & Content:
The 29 surviving files about wartime food supplies contain the correspondence of the Political Agent for Bahrain with other British officials in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and India, as well as rulers, officials and merchants in Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah and Qatar. They discuss the maintena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
29 files (5,479 folios)

88. 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)

89. IOR/R/15/2/801-813

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/801-813
Title:
File 31 Al Khalifa Family
Scope & Content:
The Al Khalifah subject files from 1931 contain correspondence and other papers relating to the Al Khalifah ruling family of Bahrain. The principal correspondents across these files are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-colonel Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle; Lieutenant-Colonel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
13 files (932 folios)

90. IOR/R/15/2/814-830

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/814-830
Title:
File 32: Bahrain State
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State sub-sub-series contains files that are primarily related to internal matters in Bahrain and the administration of the Bahraini state. Topics discussed include liquor control in the country (IOR/R/15/2/814), the Bahrain Police Force (IOR/R/15/2/815-816 and 827), the establishm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
17 files (1015 folios)