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1041. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

1042. IOR/R/15/2/898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/898
Title:
‘File 41/3 Theft of ammunition from Jida store’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the storage and security arrangements for small arms ammunition (SAA) held by the Government of Bahrain, prompted by the theft of 18,000 rounds of ammunition from a store on Jida [Jiddah] Island, in October 1945. The principal correspondents in the f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1945-11 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

1043. IOR/R/15/2/899

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/899
Title:
File 42/1 Adviser to the Government of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain and India, and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The early correspondence relates to setting up suitable arrangements to fill Belgrave’s role in Bahrain while he took six months leave in the summ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1933-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

1044. IOR/R/15/2/899-911

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/899-911
Title:
File 42 Bahrain State Employees
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain State Employees sub-sub-series contains files related to the recruitment of European – primarily British – employees for service with the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence in the files discusses recruitment for a number of different vacancies including include police officers,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (1,220 folios)

1045. IOR/R/15/2/900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/900
Title:
File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Customs in Bahrain (1924-1943). The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932-19 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

1046. IOR/R/15/2/907

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/907
Title:
File 42/9 (4/3 II) Assistant Adviser
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the appointment of a number of individuals to positions within the Government of Bahrain. Much of the correspondence relates to efforts to hire an assistant for Charles Belgrave (Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) who would also act as Chief of P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1937-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

1047. IOR/R/15/2/917-924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/917-924
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Special Papers
Scope & Content:
The sub-series comprises circulars, notifications, telegrams, correspondence and invitations to and from the Political Agent at Bahrain. The communications relate to administration, finance, personnel management, naval matters, wartime intelligence, and leave allowances of the Agency and its sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1931-1949
Extent:
8 files (553 folios)

1048. IOR/R/15/2/923

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/923
Title:
'P.A's Private file (Major T. Hickinbotham C.I.E., O.B.E.)'
Scope & Content:
This file contains Arabic language correspondence between Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent in Bahrain, and numerous Bahraini figures, including members of the ruling family (such as Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain) and several prominent merchants. The correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1943-14 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (92 folios)

1049. IOR/R/15/2/924

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/924
Title:
'Reports of K'
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to 'K' an individual whose name was at the time known only to the Political Agent (Percy Gordon Loch) and Head Munshi (Saiyid 'Abdul Razzaq) at Bahrain and who provided information and intelligence on affairs in the Persian Gulf, particularly attempts by American ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1934-25 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

1050. IOR/R/15/2/925-937

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/925-937
Title:
Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Information Files
Scope & Content:
The thirteen surviving Information Files contain correspondence, reports and guidance relating to the following topics: British intelligence gathering in the Middle East, 1939-1943; the monitoring of anti-British news reporting in Arabic newspapers and radio broadcasts in the Gulf States, 1934-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
13 files (266 folios)

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