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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1408
Title:: ‘File 13/18 ILLEGAL TRAVELLING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE AMIR OF JAALAN, - BENI BU ALI, TO MUSCAT SUBJECTS.’
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Passport Officer, Bahrain; and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence contains reports of three instances where Arab and Indian travellers used an...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 31 Dec 1929-10 Mar 1949
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1410
Title:: File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
Scope & Content:: The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries durin...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 25 May 1938-23 Aug 1941
Extent:: 1 file (302 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430
Title:: File 14: Postal
Scope & Content:: The 31 files forming the 'Postal' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain. The 'Postal' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, various Post Officers, the Adviser to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Extent:: 21 files (2922 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1415
Title:: File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The main subjects are: request for increase of pay from the Post Master at Bahrain, due to the high cost of living and the increased workload; allowance to the Post Office employees ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 17 Sep 1926-26 Feb 1940
Extent:: 1 file (276 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:: File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:: 1 file (266 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1420
Title:: File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:: 1 file (98 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1425
Title:: File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah. The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 Feb 1940-2 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (165 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1428
Title:: File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc
Scope & Content:: The first part of the file contains correspondence, notices and telegrams regarding various subjects: arrangements for the dispatch of mail and for the despatch of parcels and gifts to the United Kingdom during 1944 and 1945; restrictions on dispatch of Christmas cards and parcels for prisoners ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 15 Oct 1944-30 Dec 1950
Extent:: 1 file (336 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1431-1491
Title:: File 15: Rules and Regulations
Scope & Content:: The 61 surviving files about rules and regulations contain predominantly printed or typewritten copies of internal Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices. The circulars were sent to all Government of India departments, offices and stations in India, the Persian Gulf and else...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1904-1950
Extent:: 61 files (12,087 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1439
Title:: ‘File 15/5 I Rules & Regulations Rules & instructions for pilgrims to Hedjaz and other correspondence relating to Pilgrims’
Scope & Content:: British officials in Bahrain and other Arab Gulf States received information at regular intervals about the regulations imposed on pilgrims travelling to the Hejaz, by the Saudi Arabian Government. This information enabled the British authorities to make the necessary administrative arrangements...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1925-13 Oct 1947
Extent:: 1 file (346 folios)

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