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721. IOR/R/15/2/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/122
Title:
File 8/3 Pearling industry
Scope & Content:
The contents of the volume relate to Bahrain's pearl diving economy, and fall under two major concerns: 1) The industry's declining profitability, and the impact this has had upon pearl divers. A large portion of the file is occupied by handwritten balance sheets (all undated) of saibs (pullers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1912-18 Sep 1931
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

722. IOR/R/15/2/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/123
Title:
File 8/4 Bahrain customs
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence on a range of issues related to the running and organisation of the Bahrain customs house. They cover allegations of mismanagement and embezzlement by customs house officials before British-instigated reforms, made by an anonymous 'well wisher of the British Emp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1921-12 Nov 1931
Extent:
1 volume (111 folios)

723. IOR/R/15/2/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/124
Title:
File 8/7 Arms traffic; arms convention; prevention of slavery
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to arms trafficking and slavery in the Persian Gulf. Correspondence regarding arms trafficking takes up a small proportion of the file. It includes a printed copy of the British Government's Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunitio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Oct 1922-10 Jun 1928
Extent:

1 volume (184 folios)

724. IOR/R/15/2/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/126
Title:
File 8/11 Proscribed newspapers and seditious press articles
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Political Agency and others (including the Political Residency and the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave) discussing the publication in newspapers and journals of texts that were critical of Britain's policy in the Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1921-19 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

725. 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)

726. IOR/R/15/2/127-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/127-138
Title:
File 9 Bahrain Reforms
Scope & Content:
The Bahrain Reforms files cover different aspects of the reforms and other modernisation programmes introduced by British officials into Bahrain during the 1920s. These include: judicial reforms and civil/criminal code reforms; economic reforms to Bahrain's pearl diving industry; Government fina...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1778 folios)

727. 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)

728. 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)

729. 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)

730. 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)

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