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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/127-138 Language Arabic

1. IOR/R/15/2/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127
Title:
File 9/1 Institution of Reforms & Sunni opposition intrigues
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume (folios 2 to 146) covers the period 1922 to 1927, and concerns proposals for reforms in the Sheikhdom of Bahrain, and their subsequent implementation and impact on the kingdom. This part of the volume contains letters exchanged between the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1922-19 Oct 1930
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/128
Title:
File 9/2 I Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the finances of the Bahrain Government, and British officials' efforts to impose reforms on the Bahrain state finances. Many of the letters in the volume are discussions between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly until Sept...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923-15 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/129
Title:
File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume’s correspondence and other papers concern Bahrain’s state budget, and the rising costs associated with the Bahrain civil list and the Āl Khalīfah family’s allowances. Most of the correspondence takes place between the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1928-31 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (138 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/130
Title:
File 9/3 Bahrain Reforms. Land Registration & Record of Rights
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the issue of land rights and ownership in Bahrain. The first part of the volume (folios 2-78) concern the organisation of a land survey in Bahrain. The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfa, with the assistance of the Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1923-18 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/132
Title:
File 9/5 Bahrain Reforms. Reforms in Pearling and Boat Registration
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and reports relating to proposed reforms of the pearling industry in Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence takes place between the Bahrain Political Agent (Clive Day, who was the principle architect of the pearling industry reforms, and served from 1921 t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1895-12 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 volume (207 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/133
Title:
File 9/6 Reforms in Bahrain Court; formation of second court; preparation of civil and criminal codes
Scope & Content:
The file's correspondence concerns reforms to and administration of the judicial courts in Bahrain. The first half of the file deals chiefly with reforms. In a demi-official letter of 17 March 1923 (folios 2-7) the Political Agent (Major Clive Daly) discusses proposed reforms with the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1923-7 Sep 1927
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/135
Title:
File 9/8 Bahrain Levy Corps
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to the institution of a Levy Corps in Bahrain, and more specifically to the recruitment, training, equipment (military, non-military) and costs of maintaining the force. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly, or George Mallam ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1923-5 Jul 1926
Extent:
1 volume (226 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/136
Title:
File 9/9 Bahrain Reforms. Bahrain Water Supply
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, copies of contracts and other items related to the sinking of water wells in Bahrain, and the institution of a municipal water supply to the districts of Manama and Muharraq. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Cl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1921-7 Jan 1927
Extent:
1 volume (118 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/137
Title:
File 9/10 1. Levy Corps Sepoy running amok; 2. Disbandment of Levy Corps; 3. Formation of armed Police Corps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a number of serious incidents, including two cases of attempted murder and a double murder, occurring in Bahrain in August 1926. The double murder, which was committed by a sepoy in the Bahrain Levy Corps, led to the immediate disbandment of the force,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1926-24 Aug 1928
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/138
Title:
File 9/11 Grant of Passports and Permits by the Bahrain Government and Treaty with Persia relative to withdrawal of claim to
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to Persia's withdrawal of claims to sovereignty over Bahrain. The majority of the file's correspondence takes place between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Barrett until N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1 May 1929-14 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)